Do You Think Having A Non-Ford Engine Is Wrong ?

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I'll never forget the day I was riding alongside this car on a trailer going to Hot August Nights in Reno, seeing what appeared to be newer aluminum Corvette suspension peeking out underneath, then when we finally got to the show, they lifted the bonnet on this little Bugeye Sprite to show the engine. Uh, were were like "holy cow"..., is that what I think it is, yep, 426 Hemi! Really nice build, very unusual, ultra clean layout throughout like it was actually meant to be that way. It was fun to stand there and watch the double and triple-takes as peopled walked by and back to the car to see if they could believe their eyes.

As the guy drove it through the Sparks show that night and stopped at the center intersection idling along, he would hardly pressed the throttle and the little Bugeye would shoot forward like an electric slot car barely above idle speed. All the "hard cores" were paying attention on this one.