MIGHTY TOUGH HORSE

Ford engineering raises the temperature of the mustard by putting the 429 “NASCAR twisted hemi” into the popular Mustang. You wanna drag?

by John Thawley

Y’ all gonna see some gettin’ on with some gettin’ on when Hubert Platt (“the mouth of the South”) and Ed Terry start campaigning the 429 Mustang early this spring. Seems that Ford’s new NASCAR engine (mentioned as the “twisted hemi” in June ’68 HRM) will shortly become a production engine and thus will be eligible to run the NASCAR circuit along with the stock car classes of NHRA and AHRA. You can look for a small fleet of the Mustang 429’s to be launched at about the same time Platt and Terry begin taking those very quick trips down the quarter-mile. How quick? Who knows? Probably Ford. But they’re not saying. We’ll guesstimate low tens. If we went below that you wouldn’t believe it, but don’t be surprised. What sort…

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Hot Rod (Digital) - 1 Issue, February 1969

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