Any Griffith 200 or 400 Owners Here?

PAW · #1 (**permalink**) 04-09-2013, 04:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Squeel

My Cobra IS a Griffith 400 with FFR ugly crap body on it ! Used Backdraft inner panels bonded together. Strech frame 5 inches up front. 3.70 Vette rear, retained all orig parts smiths gauges, wiring, everything. Bought car 1979 for $200. Got body free gift new ! Got new 5.0 & 5 sp. From Ford new 1985.

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SUNBEAMTIGER65 · #2 (**permalink**) 09-09-2013, 08:25 PM

My Griffith 200...fresh from the painter. Take a look at "before" photos of my Griffith (red) earlier in this thread and see the "after" photos below. The Griffith was painted back to its original color...with the addition of some period racing stripes. I get the engine (original Hipo 289...balanced, blueprinted, new pistons, intake, hydraulic cam kit, windage tray, high volume water pump, Holley 650 etc) back from the builder next week. Should be putting out around 310-330 HP. I am going to mate it up to the original four speed wide ratio toploader transmission (rebuilt by David Kee) and the period installed XKE 3.54 powerlock differential (rebuilt by Vintage Jag Works). All this set in and on a new powdercoated 4130 chrome moly chassis (.085 wall thickness). Please take a look at the photos and let me know what you think.