Boy, I miss it so much ! I have a 67 Shelby GT500 IMSA, SCCA car in the back yard, used to race it back in the day, around the Southeast, Sebring, Daytona, WPB, up into the 80's, then the cost to continue got too much. I too had a 427, TP, dual 4 that would leap that snake like nothing you could imagine. All the gear, the extra motors, Dave Williams trans, it's still here. For a second watching this video, I had the urge to put it all back together, wow, the thrill of it all.
I had lots of fun with that car and that motor, seems like it would run and run. Sometimes I wonder how my shade tree, late night preps ever kept it from blowing up, used to joke about the sloppy clearances on the pistons, but when it heated up, wow. That main motor never broke, never blew up. We broke minor stuff like linkages and the like, but that's what happens on low budget. I gotta tell you, when I look back, I think I had more fun, than if I had all the money necessary to make it better, cause I raced and worked from the heart. Many times rebuilding it till 3am, loading up and heading out, sometimes by myself to any event I could find. Man, I miss those days.@@MilesCobbett
The transmission in that car was obviously superbly built, it took the beating that 427 big block was givin it with zero issues that I heard....what a fantastic machine....
@@josephmclennan1229 even the chevy and mopar guys put adapters to run toploaders. Greatest 4-speed ever made. Just like the Ford 9" rear end was greatest differential ever built.
@@Miatacrosser Yep, the nerds at Autorama selling 8.8 parts tried telling me it was the best, most guy's don't use 9" no more, I almost bit** slapped him for being so ignorant lol
15:54 See ya! Wow, the power that Mustang puts to the ground. Very well set up. Very classy acknowledging the starter and course workers on the cool down lap. Bravo!!!
NOw that my dinner is completely room temp I would like to thank you for this "on the edge of the seat" video...what a race...great job wow what a runner and the others are no slack either!
All other cars in that field were outclassed by the iron block Ford and the driver knew it. He pulled away from everybody with ease. Past the 17:00 mark he's basically short shifting and can still stay ahead of the Datsun without much risk of breaking the car or losing 1st place. There's no replacement for DISplacement.. That must have been a blast.
Oh my God !!!! I stumbled on this by accident, and it brought back a flood of emotions - I felt like it was 1968 again, corner by corner, when I drove my '63 Vette here. I also ran at Riverside (RIP - now a f__king shopping mall). Thank you for the unintentional memories - ones I thought were lost forever in my mind. Hope I can sleep tonight
In all my racing days i've never heard a shift quite like i hear at 15:53 at the Green Flag. Outstanding shifting and driving. At times it appeared you were the only driver that was a 'Racer'. Great Race!!!!!!
Yeah most vintage racers don't push it like this in the U.S. , he looks like he belongs in this bunch ua-cam.com/video/ibeg58gRLD8/v-deo.html , it's cool to see people race these cars like when they were new, especially seeing the interior view with steering.
@@willjones7132 those brits are crazy the way they race their vintage iron. They really do put on a show the way it was back in the day. I saw Jack Brahbam almost die in one of these vintage races in an old f-1 Cooper I believe. Terrible crash.
Amazing how we see it completely opposite. To me this guy is not a racer, and the only reason he won is because he had more horsepower. And he's absolutely brutal on that transmission. He should be glad its a Jerico and not the Toploader from back in the day, or he would have scattered it all over the tarmac in two laps. Painful to watch, really.
This reminds me of being 15 and having to prove to my Dad I could drive a manual trans car. So he puts me in my uncles 66 Galaxie with a built 427 side oiler and a Jerico, with a stiff assed Hays clutch. Thank God for that clutchless Jerico. I thought that FE would never stop pulling. Lol
Cool story guy. 66 Galaxie didn’t have a 427 side oiler as an option it did however have a 428 which itself is an impressive engine. But it’s definitely not a sohc motor. And paired to a Jerico seriously? Cool story time I love fairytales 😂
@@dusty0924 By chance, did you notice the word "built" in that paragraph? The car was a purpose "built" race car. Next you're going to tell me how my S10 doesn't have an LS2 and a six speed. Fairytales to one is reality to another. Be breezy, brother.
Built could mean a lot of different things. The way it’s worded one would assume your saying it came in the car. Or just say race car 🤷🏻♂️ but again good story 👍🏻 you’re sure it was a hays clutch? Not a center force or tilton 😂🤦🏼♂️ and a clutchless Jerico is a very weird tranny to prove to someone you can drive a manual. But hey I’m sure it was a cool car. I’m a huge galaxie fan.
@dustin hilliard Fair point on the wording. As far as trying me out on the car, they already knew I could drive. We were in a wide open space. Little chance of me wrecking the car or anything else. My dad actually wanted to see if I could handle the car, only I didn't know at the time that's what they were doing. I thought I was proving something to the old man. Also, this was in the late 70's.
My older brother and his wife had a Holman & Moody 427 in their 18 ft Hallett drag boat at Inboatd Alley colorado River just below parker dam. It haf a 21 % V drive overdrive and wouldxspin 7100 RPM
Keep making the videos and I will watch 'em. It is good to see a finely tuned ''68 Mustang Hardtop Road Course Car. Even with the 427, it has great throttle-ability and a chassis that can put the power down.. Much thought was put into this car, not to mentions the hours.
Pure business! Moody cars seem a bit crude, but they are built tough and for results. Wondering if vintage cars are faster today then when they were originally campaigned.
Man get some heat in the tires and it's a race for second for everyone else. The rest of field didn't know what hit them. Those big block 427s put the FE in FEar! Fear for the other guy. I've seen videos of you racing at Kent and Portland are you from that area? Nice job for a first time out at LS.
That was fun to watch I enjoyed that much better than NASCAR I've become disillusioned with NASCAR with all the crybabies in it. And the political correctness. it's just great to see some good old racing.
A little late to the game, but great video! Is this a "Top Loader" 4 speed? How was it prepared? We used to grind every other tooth off of the syncros to bang shift like that. thanks FF
Might be a Liberty built trans with straight cuts and dog engagement. Whoever built it, it's noisy and smooth and I love that clack, clack, clack when he shifts.
Greatest 4-speed transmission ever. Almost indestructible but not totally immune. I twisted the output shaft in two on my 64.5 Mustang. Rebuilding it is when I found out my '65 was a 64.5....they only put the toploader in the 64.5. '65s and on got Borg-Warner T-10s
@@Miatacrosser I just had this video come up, thus my months later reply. I had a hand me down 1974 Ford Maverick 6 cyl. 3 speed given to me. back in the late 70s and early 80s. I had a school friend's dad that was a Shelby lover, and had a 1966 Shelby 289 engine and Top Loader he sold me for it. I twisted the tail shaft out of that trans, and two more Top Loaders within 2 months of getting it on the street. Having no more money or hookups on 4 speeds, I threw the 3 speed from the 6 cyl in it, so I could drive it. 11 years later, that 3 speed was still behind the Shelby engine when I sold it like a fool. Your post just sent me back to some great memories!
A ny 427 FE sideoiler e ngined car sey up and prepped by Holman Moody is fast and competitive. Be a ides this Mustang there s at least 1 64 Ford Fairlane 427 en g ined setup by HM in German hands. You can see it on U Tuve titled Ford Fairlane at Nordschiefe and 427 Ford Failane at Nurburgring. Aw d some csr like this Mustang. Exoensive too Holman told me a rolling chassis sans engine and trans was 250 000 dollars. But worth it.
How many pace laps was in this race? Seems like half the vidga was following the pace car. Oh and there's nothing finer than those FE block Fords. Guess they did do something right with the Edsel!
16:00 - Turn out the lights, the party's over. Those lighter, smaller-engine cars can out corner him, but he gains on them and pulls away in the straighter sections.
Why do mustangs have that high pitch whine but tbirds and galaxies have the same parts and dont sound like that? Is that what a c6 sounds like and ive only experienced c4 transmissions?
The Stang is back! I'm going over to Ridge Motorsports track in Shelton WA 6-11-21 to watch it run. My old friend Jim Brownlee is the Crew Chief. But That Cobra was wicked too.
H&M DO FORD FE engines !!! cammy , dry sump..whatever !!!!! The ones Ford built didn't work too well..H&M learned how to make them oil the good parts !!
awesome machine,love the sound of straight cut gears and a screaming fe 427 pulling like a juggernaut freight train
Boy, I miss it so much !
I have a 67 Shelby GT500 IMSA, SCCA car in the back yard, used to race it back in the day, around the Southeast, Sebring, Daytona, WPB, up into the 80's, then the cost to continue got too much. I too had a 427, TP, dual 4 that would leap that snake like nothing you could imagine. All the gear, the extra motors, Dave Williams trans, it's still here.
For a second watching this video, I had the urge to put it all back together, wow, the thrill of it all.
The tunnel port heads and dual 4 sand cast manifold are very rare now. I brought a set back from a mustang drag car I bought back in 1974 on Maui
I had lots of fun with that car and that motor, seems like it would run and run. Sometimes I wonder how my shade tree, late night preps ever kept it from blowing up, used to joke about the sloppy clearances on the pistons, but when it heated up, wow. That main motor never broke, never blew up. We broke minor stuff like linkages and the like, but that's what happens on low budget.
I gotta tell you, when I look back, I think I had more fun, than if I had all the money necessary to make it better, cause I raced and worked from the heart. Many times rebuilding it till 3am, loading up and heading out, sometimes by myself to any event I could find.
Man, I miss those days.@@MilesCobbett
The transmission in that car was obviously superbly built, it took the beating that 427 big block was givin it with zero issues that I heard....what a fantastic machine....
My buddy who at Sonoma racetrack had a 89 mustang , 347 stroker with a 68 toploader , he blew up all the modern ines
@@josephmclennan1229 even the chevy and mopar guys put adapters to run toploaders. Greatest 4-speed ever made. Just like the Ford 9" rear end was greatest differential ever built.
@@Miatacrosser Yep, the nerds at Autorama selling 8.8 parts tried telling me it was the best, most guy's don't use 9" no more, I almost bit** slapped him for being so ignorant lol
Guess you never had a top loader. 16 year old boy a fe and top loader is a good time
The FE 427 one of the sweetest engines ever!!!!
Holman Moody is no joke I promise you!
Elaborate
@@paxwallace8324the doctor deliver you from your mom..
15:54 See ya! Wow, the power that Mustang puts to the ground. Very well set up. Very classy acknowledging the starter and course workers on the cool down lap. Bravo!!!
That Ford is one furious beast and it plays a beautiful symphony of Power.
NOw that my dinner is completely room temp I would like to thank you for this "on the edge of the seat" video...what a race...great job wow what a runner and the others are no slack either!
The sound of a Big Cubic Inch V8 running high rpm is music I can listen to forever.
you gotta love these holman moody mustangs fast and dependable and guys who could drive like the wind
All other cars in that field were outclassed by the iron block Ford and the driver knew it. He pulled away from everybody with ease. Past the 17:00 mark he's basically short shifting and can still stay ahead of the Datsun without much risk of breaking the car or losing 1st place. There's no replacement for DISplacement.. That must have been a blast.
Great video. Love the sound of a big block Ford at speed. Thanks.
The ol FE didnt break a sweat !! nicely done , thanks
Oh my God !!!! I stumbled on this by accident, and it brought back a flood of emotions - I felt like it was 1968 again, corner by corner, when I drove my '63 Vette here. I also ran at Riverside (RIP - now a f__king shopping mall). Thank you for the unintentional memories - ones I thought were lost forever in my mind. Hope I can sleep tonight
In all my racing days i've never heard a shift quite like i hear at 15:53 at the Green Flag. Outstanding shifting and driving. At times it appeared you were the only driver that was a 'Racer'. Great Race!!!!!!
Yeah most vintage racers don't push it like this in the U.S. , he looks like he belongs in this bunch ua-cam.com/video/ibeg58gRLD8/v-deo.html , it's cool to see people race these cars like when they were new, especially seeing the interior view with steering.
@@willjones7132 those brits are crazy the way they race their vintage iron. They really do put on a show the way it was back in the day. I saw Jack Brahbam almost die in one of these vintage races in an old f-1 Cooper I believe. Terrible crash.
Amazing how we see it completely opposite. To me this guy is not a racer, and the only reason he won is because he had more horsepower. And he's absolutely brutal on that transmission. He should be glad its a Jerico and not the Toploader from back in the day, or he would have scattered it all over the tarmac in two laps. Painful to watch, really.
@@joeanderson1616 lol jealous.
@@joeanderson1616 oh and don’t say “we”. Trying to make your comment seem more relevant
what a great era of engines and cars ford gm mopar fantastic i love all of them
This reminds me of being 15 and having to prove to my Dad I could drive a manual trans car. So he puts me in my uncles 66 Galaxie with a built 427 side oiler and a Jerico, with a stiff assed Hays clutch. Thank God for that clutchless Jerico. I thought that FE would never stop pulling. Lol
Cool story guy. 66 Galaxie didn’t have a 427 side oiler as an option it did however have a 428 which itself is an impressive engine. But it’s definitely not a sohc motor. And paired to a Jerico seriously? Cool story time I love fairytales 😂
@@dusty0924 By chance, did you notice the word "built" in that paragraph? The car was a purpose "built" race car. Next you're going to tell me how my S10 doesn't have an LS2 and a six speed. Fairytales to one is reality to another. Be breezy, brother.
Built could mean a lot of different things. The way it’s worded one would assume your saying it came in the car. Or just say race car 🤷🏻♂️ but again good story 👍🏻 you’re sure it was a hays clutch? Not a center force or tilton 😂🤦🏼♂️ and a clutchless Jerico is a very weird tranny to prove to someone you can drive a manual. But hey I’m sure it was a cool car. I’m a huge galaxie fan.
@dustin hilliard Fair point on the wording.
As far as trying me out on the car, they already knew I could drive. We were in a wide open space. Little chance of me wrecking the car or anything else. My dad actually wanted to see if I could handle the car, only I didn't know at the time that's what they were doing. I thought I was proving something to the old man. Also, this was in the late 70's.
Calm down wise ass @@dusty0924
THANK YOU!!! I REALLY LIVED EACH & EVERY SECOND OF THIS, AS IF I WAS DRIVING!!!!
Awesome CAR!!! and DRIVER!!!
Wow! What a drive. Nicely done. Nice car and what a nice prep.
My older brother and his wife had a Holman & Moody 427 in their 18 ft Hallett drag boat at Inboatd Alley colorado River just below parker dam. It haf a 21 % V drive overdrive and wouldxspin 7100 RPM
what a pass after the yellow, my eyes started to sweat!
Proud to have that last name.
Keep making the videos and I will watch 'em.
It is good to see a finely tuned ''68 Mustang Hardtop Road Course Car. Even with the 427, it has great throttle-ability and a chassis that can put the power down.. Much thought was put into this car, not to mentions the hours.
This is one of a few that I have seen power down the corkscrew at Laguna Seca.
That fastback was looking good, nice stance as it went around.
This video inspires me to keep building cool stuff. Thanks
Excellent video, thanks
This is real porn!
Love your skills and that awesome car.
The old cars had the power but not the brakes. Modern cars can go much deeper into corners. But the torque of the FE is still awesome.
GAWD...That Sound...427 & a Toploader!
really nice racing. you looked you were having a blast out there.
Once he got to pour a little coal to it....everybody in front of him was a sitting duck !!!!
Took a few laps to get tyres up to temp, lot of wheel spin initially.
The hardest part would seem to be to get the brakes and tires to last the race, well done!
Like " Shooting Fish In A Bucket ".. Awesome Car..
Competition Proven
And He drove out of they're lives forever. Way to save the car and Wait for it! Beautiful
17:41 Loooooool
Pure business! Moody cars seem a bit crude, but they are built tough and for results. Wondering if vintage cars are faster today then when they were originally campaigned.
15:50 so cool to watch.
Damn, that Baby is GONE !!!!
Yep, that’s when that *Frantic Engine* is given its head.
*Frantic Ford.*
They can't f*#k with that 427 in the straights! It's giving them all they want, and some they don't. 😅
great driver bad ass motor
hes did not race ....
Not bad iam a ac cobra fan and I love the thunder bolt
Man get some heat in the tires and it's a race for second for everyone else. The rest of field didn't know what hit them. Those big block 427s put the FE in FEar! Fear for the other guy.
I've seen videos of you racing at Kent and Portland are you from that area? Nice job for a first time out at LS.
This is intoxicating!
That was fun to watch I enjoyed that much better than NASCAR I've become disillusioned with NASCAR with all the crybabies in it. And the political correctness. it's just great to see some good old racing.
Wow! That's a lot of motor in that little mustang. Kind of hard to put the power down.
👍😉
He's brutal on his downshifts! Ouch!
There's a reason all us Chevy guys get adapter plates to run toploaders.!!!!
This car jumps off of the turns HARD.
That was awesome First On Race Day
That car reminds me of the old gullwing mercedes. Tons of fun. Camera set just right.
I know the 66 fastback was no slouch but good Lord, went around him like he was standing still!
FINALLY some racing @ 10:25..
That sounds like my 730 Case with dual range transmission!!
Sweet
A little late to the game, but great video! Is this a "Top Loader" 4 speed? How was it prepared? We used to grind every other tooth off of the syncros to bang shift like that.
thanks
FF
Might be a Liberty built trans with straight cuts and dog engagement. Whoever built it, it's noisy and smooth and I love that clack, clack, clack when he shifts.
@@hoost3056 i see his clutch foot moving
Definitely straight cut gears though. Helical gears aren't noisy
Greatest 4-speed transmission ever. Almost indestructible but not totally immune. I twisted the output shaft in two on my 64.5 Mustang. Rebuilding it is when I found out my '65 was a 64.5....they only put the toploader in the 64.5. '65s and on got Borg-Warner T-10s
@@Miatacrosser I just had this video come up, thus my months later reply. I had a hand me down 1974 Ford Maverick 6 cyl. 3 speed given to me. back in the late 70s and early 80s. I had a school friend's dad that was a Shelby lover, and had a 1966 Shelby 289 engine and Top Loader he sold me for it. I twisted the tail shaft out of that trans, and two more Top Loaders within 2 months of getting it on the street. Having no more money or hookups on 4 speeds, I threw the 3 speed from the 6 cyl in it, so I could drive it. 11 years later, that 3 speed was still behind the Shelby engine when I sold it like a fool. Your post just sent me back to some great memories!
When is the race going to start?
Not really fair..bringing a gun to a knife fight!!
What gauge is the one to the far right?
Awesome car, watch the first time at corvette race at PIR.
A good car can make a good driver look great! Nice car (and tires) and driving. Was that really the first time at Laguna??? Crazy!
if your erection last for more than 4 hours , stop watching this video .
nice but need a trans with a different gear set up for shorter tracks (+/-2mi)right?
That gear whine is awesome! But it doesn't sound like a top loader, is it a t 10?
A ny 427 FE sideoiler e ngined car sey up and prepped by Holman Moody is fast and competitive.
Be a ides this Mustang there s at least 1 64 Ford Fairlane 427 en g ined setup by HM in German hands. You can see it on U Tuve titled Ford Fairlane at Nordschiefe and 427 Ford Failane at Nurburgring.
Aw d some csr like this Mustang.
Exoensive too Holman told me a rolling chassis sans engine and trans was 250 000 dollars.
But worth it.
This is my all time favorite UA-cam video. Does that say something about me?
How many pace laps was in this race? Seems like half the vidga was following the pace car. Oh and there's nothing finer than those FE block Fords. Guess they did do something right with the Edsel!
You will definitely need to put your big boy pants on if you drive this monster. LOL
16:00 - Turn out the lights, the party's over. Those lighter, smaller-engine cars can out corner him, but he gains on them and pulls away in the straighter sections.
What clutch? He shifts like ronnny sox.
Any idea on what kind of lap times you were running?
+Chance Hales 1:43 first lap after the yellow.
427 world Champ
this is like a 1968 version of a Mustang GT4
Very cool- but how on earth do you get a vintage class-legal Toploader trans to downshift like a Jericho?
You know that the internals are not stock.....straight cuts and dog engagement it sounds like.....
@@hoost3056 it would be correct. Toploaders were used well into the 1980s in Nascar and IMSA/SCCA. By GM and Chrysler teams also.
She handles down the straights real good!
17:42 Bye-bye, see ya!!! 😂😂😂
Got more patience than me.
BAD ASS!!! 427FE BABY!! HAHAA!! I've been to the Historics before, super kool!
is he using a clutch?
I wondered the same thing and I did see his leg move during shifts, but I don't know if he clutched every shift or not.
ZEZERBING....seems like he mainly used the clutch to downshift....
Why do mustangs have that high pitch whine but tbirds and galaxies have the same parts and dont sound like that? Is that what a c6 sounds like and ive only experienced c4 transmissions?
Straight cut gears!
this car looks and sounds like it beats the living shit out of anyone who drives it
Ain't much to that roll cage ....wowwwww
like running from the police
I don't think he drives this car anymore; Traded it in for a Cobra so he could go L88 Hunting. Alice is giving him fits up in the PNW...
The Stang is back! I'm going over to Ridge Motorsports track in Shelton WA 6-11-21 to watch it run. My old friend Jim Brownlee is the Crew Chief. But That Cobra was wicked too.
Dune buggy's n race cars ?
2:19 woops.
Farm equipment baby
parking it in the corners.
Stick to boats old guy, you know not what you speak.
Very slow around the corners it seems
Heavy, I wonder the regulations on suspension upgrades and if it could benefit from an irs.
Big heavy engine with a lot of power.
It’s an angry 427😂
16:00 mark.........BYE BITCHES ! lol \m/
no worrie the 27fe will deliver the r-p-m 4sure,,
Of course he won the race don't get me wrong this car is badass but there wasn't much competition on the track one or two cars the rest were all turds
You mean 427 r-code side oiler race prepped?
Green flag 15:50
H&M DO FORD FE engines !!! cammy , dry sump..whatever !!!!! The ones Ford built didn't work too well..H&M learned how to make them oil the good parts !!
It's a dog box
The driver sucks.
google user ....so does your mother, for cigarette money out back of the Walmart....
Still won the race ding dong.
Coping with an irate *Frantic Engine* is *NOT* easy.
It would bite most people if they tried, me included.
He needs some driver coaching....awesome maschine....