Anybody forgeting about the Industrial Engines part of Ford vis a vis the
260 blocks?
Just asking.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim" <jimmc13@hughes.net>
To: <tigers@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, January 29, 2011 10:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Tigers] more cubes
>I have been quietly reading the information of how Rootes came to obtain
> Ford engines for the Tiger project. I have reviewed Taylors book because
> I
> remembered that he had collected some data from Ford, Rootes, and Jenson.
> At any rate, Lee Iacocca did not want the Tiger to be able to compete with
> the Mustang, 1964 and 1/2, although some of them came with the 260 engine
> early on. Check out pages 48 through 57 for some older details about the
> arrangements for 300 units per month at approx $600 each. Once again,
> readers would have to believe the research efforts of Taylor.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On Behalf Of Teepen, Jere
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 9:35 PM
> To: Stu Brennan; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] more cubes
>
> The 260 motors Rootes received are reported to have come from the
> Industrial
> Division of Ford (fact). It is reported that after Lord Rootes drove the
> Shelby 260 V-8 Alpine he called Henry Ford II to inquire about the
> availability of the 260 V-8. Lord Rootes or others in the employ of the
> Rootes Group in England probably had no idea a 289 was planned or existed
> and
> probably asked about 260 V-8's specifically. It has also been reported
> that
> Lee Iacocca (sp?) was not the least bit excited about Ford providing
> engines
> for a car that may have become a potential sales rival for the upcoming
> Mustang and may have steered the sale of the 260 for the Tiger.
>
> As for the LeMans Tigers, I recall reading that the Rootes Competition
> Department either requested or was ordered to use the 260 in the LeMans
> cars
> due to their use in the production cars and they wanted the same
> displacement.
> Or perhaps they were not homologated with the FIA to use the 289.
>
>
> More speculation, enjoy!
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: tigers-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of Stu Brennan
> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2011 7:00 PM
> To: tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Tigers] more cubes
>
> I thought I read somewhere that the 260's in Ford vehicles were a
> different block from the Tiger 260s. A different design, with the
> number of freeze plugs and the thin wall casting design being obvious
> differences. This would make it unlikely that 260s left over from car
> production were shipped to Rootes.
>
> Stu
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