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Brand new 460 destroyed...

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750hp CC Member Registered: November 1999 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 4,381	My brand new $15,000 motor and $2,000 trans were at a friend's place for a quick coat of paint. The day after I left the motor there, a bushfire destroyed everything inside - and outside the shed...
	· Date: Fri August 1, 2003 · Views: 2097 · Filesize: 52.3kb, 58.2kb · Dimensions: 783 x 519 ·
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Aussie Mike

CC Member

Registered: January 2001
Location: Sunbury
Posts: 5,391

Wed August 20, 2003 6:23pm

That's just heart breaking to see. Was the botom end or any internals salvagable?

Mike

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Mike Murphy
Melbourne Australia

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750hp

CC Member

Registered: November 1999
Location: Brisbane, Australia
Posts: 4,381

Wed August 20, 2003 7:18pm

The top half was toasted, but a metallurgist said the rods had been nicely heat-treated. Nice in theory, but when we fitted them to the replacement motor, a rod snapped within 500 miles. That destroyed a perfect factory 4 bolt block!!!

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Craig

LwCwb

CC Member

Registered: January 2004
Location: Hubert
Posts: 1,640

Mon July 5, 2004 8:13am

Thats truly a sad sight. I hope I never have to see another ford motor like that in my life.

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Mike

9-11 Never Forget

Fear starts with FE

BigGuy

Senior Club Cobra Member

Registered: December 2003
Location: Cleveland area, OH
Posts: 25,033

Fri September 8, 2006 7:33am

Rating: 10

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Jon
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