I think Bob's comment was to do with the Lemans coupes specifically... NOT
the production cars...
I was just reading about Shelby's LeMan's efforts in 1963/4 and it appears
that he in fact was using the 289 long before he built the 260's for Rootes
LeMans cars...in fact he had 289's in his cars from early '63 . The article
also states that Ford would not provide engines for the 2 '63 Shelby Lemans
cars so they prepared their own 'with the help of A.C. cars and Ed Hugus'
I'm sure a horse-trader like Shelby could have scrounged up a few 289
blocks for the Rootes effort in '64... if it wouldn't have made his Cobra's
look bad... ;)
-----Original Message-----
From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of spook01@comcast.net
Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 4:08 AM
To: Steve Laifman; Tiger's Den; Rob Guerra; BOB HOKANSON
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Factory 289 in Mk1...?
Yeah, I know. But every few years this chestnut comes up.
Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
----- Reply message -----
From: "Steve Laifman" <slaifman@socal.rr.com>
Date: Wed, Jan 26, 2011 00:10
Subject: [Tigers] Factory 289 in Mk1...?
To: "spook01@comcast.net" <spook01@comcast.net>, "Tiger's Den"
<tigers@autox.team.net>, "Rob Guerra" <bomber44@comcast.net>, "BOB HOKANSON"
<spook01@comcast.com>
I got lost in that "go-around". I believe that Bob Hokanson was biting his
tongue in his cheek when he wrote that reply, I believe, as a joke.
Shelby had NOTHING to do with which Ford engine he got for his early Cobra's
and the Sunbeam Tiger's. At that time, Ford was still developing the 289
for the Mustang, and wouldn't/couldn't release a developmental engine that
would cripple it's availability for the Mustang.
The negotiations for the Tiger were between Lord Rootes, and Ford, in any
event.
They ALL got 289's, when they became available from production.
Steve
/Steve Laifman/
/Editor - /*/TigersUnited.com/* <http://www.tigersunited.com>
On 1/25/11 8:39 PM, spook01@comcast.net wrote:
> No doubt he was reluctant to allow the SHELBY mustang name to be diluted.
> Sunbeam had already paid him for his prototype and weren't coughing up
anymore!
>
> Sent from my Verizon Wireless Phone
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Bob Hokanson"<tgrrr@peoplepc.com>
> Date: Tue, Jan 25, 2011 16:15
> Subject: [Tigers] Factory 289 in Mk1...?
> To: "Tigers"<tigers@autox.team.net>
>
> But didn't Caroll Shelby convince Rootes it would be better to use 260's
in the LeMans coupes?
>
> I'm sorry, sarcasm is not very becoming of me.
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