Good God potato mic,, It's 2021 bro.

Quite true ❗️

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My first car was a 68 Mercury Cougar XR7 and home on leave in the service looked and test drove a 67 GT-E with a 427 manual, I had a couple more years and didn't know where I would have stored it, I was in the Navy, so I passed on it, I have regretted that decision. A buddy of mine got a 428cj driveline out of a wrecked 69 cougar eliminator. Good luck with your build.

@@kennethchapman9564 not to late!

I wonder weight? Fox Body 3,000 pounds,a Mustang II had galvanized hood and other heavy parts..I love that,had same color.. Mustang II must have been much heavier than a Foxxy...I had both styles in same color and neither rusted..Must be something with it..

I got model too

I still have the old car magazine with Sudden Death in it. Whatta dream car.

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@@revanevan Thank you!

Thank you.

I have the issue of Hot Rod mag with the Sudden Death feature, written by Gray Baskerville. Car was not turbocharged when Gray shot it for the magazine. Just a big single 4bbl on a single plane.

@@vr6swp that's how I remember it also..

People don't usually like these cars and I can understand why. But you definitely can have fun with them without spending a lot of money. Nice and light and a cheap 400hp small block and your going to go pretty fast

Had a 75 Mustang 2 myself that originally had the four banger and put in a complete V8 driveline, posi rear, manual gearbox and mildly built 289 with torquer intake and hooker headers

The car started out with a naturally aspirated 460 (with 429SCJ mods) opened up to 505" and stayed that way until Steve Lisk built his back-halved, Lenco trans Hemi Challenger - which was a bit quicker than the the Mustang. Next was the twin turbo big block in the Mustang but I don't know much from that point on. Joe was a neighbor, but I moved away about the time the twin turbo setup came along and lost touch with what went on from there.

yeah, he’s a “low talker” as the Seinfeld episode related.

What

Was trying to figure out what “car” part that was❗️🆗

I got my Mustang II in 1988, and I still have it, it's just a bit faster now, videos on my channel.

You're welcome.

We did the best we could during this quick visit. Thanks for watching.

ALL of the credit

@@gapporama You are correct! The level of fit and finish is incredible

Thanks Glenn! We appreciate the comment.

Thanks

X2 That can't be the original color! It looks to be a 1982 Mustang GT.

Joe lived in Lathrup Village, near 12Mile Rd. and Evergreen, a suburb of Detroit. I was in my teens at the time and lived not far from him.

Hey Ed, we have a Rode, but this was literally Jack walking around the shop chatting with us, not a planned interview so I took what I could get.

Pretty sure it's a 1982 Mustang GT.

Yes, awesome car.

Mopar could beat sudden death with the hemi,lenco, and rear tubs but general motors best chance without blowers and nitrous would be a monza or nova fitted with n50's and the buick 455 stage 2 set back in the firewall with switch pitch convertor 4.11rear and a huge pair behind the wheel.

@@patriley5333 FACT! Lisks 3650Lib hemi Challenger was documented as a high 9.70's car on track WITH USING NITROUS! ... FACT!... the only way Lisks challenger could beat the SD MII is when it's leaky lenco was constantly pumping it's oil all over the road.

@@393boss Hey i bet the mii was more streetable and with high octane available, just the right amount of distributor advance before they lined up, and perfect burnout made for a great race. Wish more guys who were there would talk about motown muscle.

I think back then it was fire saws and big hammers made room.🔥

Firewall was moved back.

Quite a few things were moved around to get the big block in the car. As Evan said, the firewall was moved back, also the crossmember was modified for pan clearance - the big blocks were front sump pans also - and the unitized frame area was messaged for header clearance. Joe (the cars owner back then) was a neighbor while in my teens and let me look the car over from end to end. R.I.P. Joe

A nice 351W/427 would be right at home without all the fabrication that went into this particular awesome beast. Naturally aspirated they’ve been known to make a little over 600 horsepower and 589 foot pounds of torque, in a small block package

@@Motor-City-Mike Don't forget that the shock towers were completely removed, I believe it was converted to a coil over front suspension.

Good stuff, eh Dean !!

@@arkhsm all the Sudden Life to you in the world A-man. I gotta just love Jack R and Mr Gapps work. Joe R was quite the character! A Gateway _ _ug. (Th, not Dr)

This wasn't a planned deal, we just showed up to see the car and Jack happened to be there and gave me a few minutes of his time. I still hope you enjoyed a look at the car. Check out some of our other videos, we normally go into much greater detail.

@@revanevan With Joe gone and most of the "Top-Enders" gone and/or moved on accurate history on Sudden Death is getting more rare all the time, and much of what's out there now is pretty inaccurate. Jack is even 'Hazy' on some of the details - initially the Big Block was 505" and naturally aspirated, the twin turbo 520+ didn't come along until Lisk's back-halved, Lenco trans Hemi Challenger showed up to "dethrone" Sudden Death as the king of the street. Something that came along just about the time I lost touch with Joe is that the twin turbo was built using an aluminum 600" Can Am series race block - but I never did see it in person so I can't verify it. For everything that Jack has seen and done it's easy to overlook anything that he says that isn't dead on after all these years, the man has done more with one life than most ten people put together. There's still a few of us left that were there at the time and remember the details only because to us these cars were like being around NASA's spacecrafts. I lived near Joe, and he was very patient - and quite friendly - about letting this then teenaged speed junky look over and talk with him about the car. Good times...

Anybody know the whereabouts of Steve Lisk’s Challenger? (Built with the assistance of Mike Fons. Back halved, Lenco, tunnel ram hemi) aka the car that bested Sudden Death. Truly incredible build…

That's why they kept adding weight to Cleveland fords in Pro Stock. Grumpy and Sox would whine, Uncle Wally would coddle them.

@P1 So you're saying that when The Border Bandits came down from Canada in their fastback & squareback Mustangs, racing in NHRA, their 428 CJ's were illegal?

Hem back now

I guess NHR chevorlet is paying FORD back now

@@r.d.riddle2068 "They put 300 lbs on me"...my azz.