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I talked to Phil Remington and asked him about the Danny Jones reference and his involvement. I had not heard the name before. Jone's father was a partner with Clay Smith the noted camshaft manufacturer. His father's nickname was "termite", according to Phil. He said Ford's involvement was actually pretty minimal and suggested that Jone's role was bringing in Ford to redo the electrics on the Cobra because the "original system was so awful". Also, the suspension needed some work and both Phil and an engineer from Ford were involved in that segment. After that, it was pretty much the guys at SAI that carried the ball.

We talked about the Mk II brakes and it is incredible the amount of fabricating that had to be done to insure their reliability. Phil said that part of the solution was going to a curved vane rotor and then he had to continually work on them because after they cooled they would shrink to a size smaller than their original configuration. Initially, they were using Lincoln rotors. The discussion got a lot more complicated than that and I would need diagrams to discuss it if I could remember half of it!!

The Webers were not used on the FE because Ford did not want to fool with anything that they were not familar with. The FE was a pretty proven motor in the NASCAR circuit and the Holley was what they used in that venue and they would not deviate from that.