A regular reader likes these "Pilote's Best of Killboy's Highlights" posts, so here's another one:
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A '32 hi-boy. The beginning of the beginning of hot-rodding. Look at those smiles! |
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Another immortal: the '40. The sound of a flathead Ford at a cruise night still makes me stop, look, and listen. And I
never pass up a chance to view finned cylinder heads topped by three Stromberg carbs. More Dragon smiles! |
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Encore appearance: my favorite Killboy pic of 2013. |
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Well... it's a SuperFormance, but close enough. Besides, we're not likely to see an authentic GT 40 on the Dragon--
even a street-legal Mark III, of which very few were made. |
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Bullitt tribute--right down to the license tag. |
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Ford's Bullitt tribute on the S-197 platform. What's changed in 40+ years? An all-aluminum o.h.c. engine with
variable valve timing. Better tranny, suspension, handling, and ergonomics. But Steve would recognize it. |
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I regularly say that the Fox Body Mustang leaves me cold. Well... almost always. This one corners flat and hard. |
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