My brother in law found a 1969 428 SCJ Cougar Eliminator stored behind a house with a tarp over it many years back. Turns out it had been parked back in the 1970's after a head gasket failure. 68K miles on the odo. Intake and one head were off. The owner was the brother of the property owner. He was sitting in CA on welfare and was glad to be able to sell the car.
Surprisingly, it never had water in the cylinders. With a ton of patience, penetrating oil and a big breaker bar, we finally got it to turn over. Cleaned up the cylinders by hand, put it all back together and it ran like a champ. I drove it from Dallas to Tulsa where it ran 13.50's all day on BF Goodrich radials at the Mid America Shelby meet. One of the big Cougar collectors bought it several months later.
Tim
1970 Boss 302
1972 F250 Crew Cab (powered by 66 Super Marauder 428)
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