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2 Shots of my recently built F-Code 312. VR58 built by Jerry Ponder. Mummert Aluminum Heads,Timing Chain Cover, Water Pump and Valley Cover....
The dual coils were added sometime later as the original cars has Vertex Magnetos.
The Battlebirds passed through a lot of hands and even the restored #98 car lacks parts found on the original. There originally was an oil cooler...
The speed of 93 mph was the average speed for the run, not the top speed. It was not a 1/4 mile run, it was a standing start mile. Under those...
My Battlebird tribute car (body built by Tom Kitchen, mechanical modifications by me) taking a few laps at Wall Stadium in Wall NJ 312 powered....
correction The Battlebird finished 5th, bested by 2 Porsche 718RSK's, A D Type Jag and a Ferreri 121. It did beat 20 other entries. The car was...
The Battlebird had been returned to Holman and Moody and was raced by them at Daytona. The car was driven by Ralph Moody, "Fireball" Roberts...
This is a photo of the 312 powered Battlebird at the first Daytona International Speedway 1000 KM race, held on April 5, 1959. The car finished...
Photos of the exterior of Peter DePaolo's Long Beach CA shop and of some High Performance Y-Blocks being built. This was the west coast shop....
This is a very rare photo of the #98 312 powered Battlebird showing the Hilborn Fuel Injection and VR57 phase 1 supercharger set up. This is the...
The Battlebirds did have Jaguar 4 speeds which were very heavy and quite robust.
Very special 312 blocks were sent to Travers and Coon to be built. Fran Sullivan, a genius Ford engineer went to the Cleveland Foundry and had...
The engine in the #99 Battlebird was a 368 Lincoln which was bored an stroked to 430 CI. It is not a Lincoln 430.. That engine was not available...
The mechanic in this photo is Dean McCann. Dean was crew chief for Andy Hotton after Andy aquired them from Holman and Moody. The cars were...
The bottom photo is of a full size 1957 Ford with Hilborns. Its not a Battlebird photo [IMG] [IMG]
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