Interesting article

[RustyRed]

I was just reading an article in Hemmings Muscle Machines regarding the '68 and a half 428 cobra jet..interesting article if you can get hold of a copy

 

[RustyRed]

forgot to mention...its the Nov issue.

 

[Shrinkdude]

When the 390 refused to fly, Tasca Ford built a jet out of off-the-shelf parts

In the spring of 1978, Chris Teeling was searching for a clean Mustang drag car in the NHRA's National Dragster classifieds. Among those pages, he struck gold.

What Chris happened upon was a rare example of what many Ford enthusiasts consider to be the Mustang drag car--a 1968½ 428 Cobra Jet, perhaps the purest specimen of organically grown factory muscle ever offered to grassroots racers. Why is this such a coveted car? Not only did the CJ grow out of one dealer's desire to win on Sunday and sell on Monday, but it was built using off-the-shelf parts. Furthermore, a surge of interest from enthusiasts reading about this super Mustang in a popular magazine is credited with Ford's decision to make the CJ a factory program.

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