Didn't Carroll convert two cars to 351 Clevelands? Maybe he was saying something! He did want ford, he wanted chevy (sic). He didn't want aluminum, he wanted glass. If I was building a car with nothing else in mind but accuracy I would put a 427 in a 427 body. Even though Shelby put an assortment of engines in all the different body styles.
But wouldn't it be fun to replicate the first 427 engine car, that was in a 289 body
No one seems to mind that the first big block car was a small block body and chassis. With wire wheels!!! Scary but very cool. There where SO MANY combinations built by Shelby that no one can say one way is the only way.
Shelby put what he wanted in what ever he wanted. So can you!
I like BB's, I like SB's. All I need is a budget that will fit both! The BB would probably be my street car while the SB my track car. That just seems to fit me best!
My car is a 427 Roadster but has the lemans stripes and side pipes but no roll bar and an engine that shares as much in common with BB's as SB's! As I say, 'I am schizophrenic...... and so am I' (or in this case, so is my car!)
Rick
