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Starter Motor
Join Date: Oct 2013
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I have been told there is a well documented Aussie built car
that has a 428ci fitted from factory other than the mighty Bill Bourke spec XW GT. I have no idea what it could be,my resource will not give me any other info about it except it's -it has a 428ci -Aussie built -thoroughly documented -it's NOT the Bourke car it's left me stumped,I have no idea.....Galaxie maybe? |
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Possibly the promotion built XB's. They were eventually sold off minus big blocks and with 351 as the replacement motor.
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Wasn't the Bill Bourke car built in the US?
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Starter Motor
Join Date: Oct 2013
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The Bourke car was built at Broadmeadows as a plain jane XW GT,
it was then shipped to Detroit to be modified. I forgot to mention,the car is still getting around...unrestored....whatever it is. |
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Join Date: Oct 2005
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I think most of us know a fair bit about the Bill Bourke car, but for those who don't, here's a brief history ... http://www.garageofawesome.com.au/in...bourke-special
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How about the HRT 427? 7.0l is damn close to 428ci, the 427 stood for the claimed power.
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FF.Com.Au Hardcore
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Hmmm let me see .......... that ^^^^^^^^
![]() or , a 427 overhead cam big block cammer motor as factory std option set up I think ![]() ![]() ![]() https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_T...rth_generation)
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Simply the 427 FE.... Ford-Edsel. Nothing wrong with that Monaro, at least GM were having a go. |
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Pretty sure its a small block yes
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There were two XB Coupes that were fitted with big Blocks by workers at Ford, back in the day. It was a little side project they did in their spare time, and they were Ford Exec/managers cars.
There was a write up in a car mag about it years ago. I seem to remember one was yellow and one was blue (might be wrong on this colour thing though) I believe they were returned to factory spec before being sold off. There was also a lot of Big Block conversions done back in the 80's by farmers towing horse floats and the like, many were done at places like Ford Muscle Parts as part of a drive in drive out rebuild.
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Also believe the XB coupe experiment was with 385 series (429s) not FE (427/428)?
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from that era was the FE engine I think these are all American Built https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_FE_engine.
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True, the car started life as a 351w auto XW GT, but was modified while still in Foa possession in Detroit which in a way makes it the next best thing to factory built. Cheers Mick |
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Tell him more info required or it didn't happen.
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In the book on kar kraft in the USA they have a section on the bill Bourke special and also an xw Ute they did ?so two xw,s.theres a bitabout the sedan but There’s not much about the Ute but the author said It did exist as he did drive it .
I wonder if it was ever returned to Australia or stayed there ? How rare would that be to find ? |
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