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RE: Lime Gold!

By Mike McQuesten - 06/11/2001 1:39:11 AM; IP 63.50.124.164

Hey Jeff, that particular week, Jerry Pruitt was running a lime gold Mach I. As I said it was a Drag Pack Ram Air, 3.91 geared car. Jerry is still a good friend. He was "the" salesman at Yakima Valley Ford back in those days. Eventually owned the business. Jerry is a phenominal tune/build man. He could tweak a Ford to run 2 tenths quicker in a half hour or less. He helped me, a dirt poor community college kid with barely enough money for Premium(Ethel- the pink stuff) for my '66 GTA. He re curved the distributor, "weakened" the vacuum secondary spring while chucking the little ball check valve. We installed BTF31 plugs in lew of the stock BF32. These minor changes dropped my best e.t. of 15.00 to 14.80. Not bad for all else totally stock, 3.25 gears.
Jerry was the high performance man of the Yakima Valley. He allowed me to drive anything that was on the lot, i.e., 390 GT whatever, 289HPs, Shelby GT350H, 427 Galaxies, eventually Boss 302s/429s. What a friend he was. He had just tuned my Fairlane in early summer of '69. I challenged him to race me with his demo. He said sure but not to blame his tuning when I lose. I was well prepared to see the taillights of the Green Mach. Sure enough, we came out of the hole even for approximately 40'. Then it was all I could do to keep the Mach's taillights visable.
As for Jerry's black Mustang? He did order a plain jane Sportsroof, NON-Mach I equipped with the
428SCJ, drag-pack, C-6 automatic w/4.30 gearing. Somehow, TWO of these came to Valley Ford! I can't remember exactly why this happened. It was some sort of ordering mix up. The cars were virtual twins one production number a part. One was sold very quickly and the other became Jerry's dealer backed drag 'stang. I don't remember a red stripe on it but he could have added some graphics after I returned to college in another city. I never got to actually see the car run but I think he was hitting low twelves with it quite easily. This was not in streetable condition.
Jerry is still living and selling Porsches/Audis in Yakima while in the process of restoring Portlands' Bill Ireland's '61 390/401 Super Stock Starliner.

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RE: 1968 "W" 427 (4V) 2-bolt Cougar GT-E?? -- Dave Shoe, 06/08/2001

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RE: 1968 "W" 427 (4V) 2-bolt Cougar GT-E?? -- Mike McQuesten, 06/09/2001

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I sometimes wonder if the deviation was actually just a writer mis-remembering the "cast iron" crankshaft change. -- Dave Shoe, 06/09/2001

Hey guys, why not ask an expert? Go to this guy.. -- Styleline, 58, 06/09/2001

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RE: UAW not blamed -- Mike McQuesten, 06/10/2001

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You've got some neat info there. -- Dave Shoe, 06/10/2001

RE: Found some stuff -- Mike McQuesten, 06/11/2001

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RE: You've got some neat info there. -- Kevin Marti, 06/11/2001

All year? Interesting. Thanks for the great info, Kevin. :-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 06/11/2001

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Attn: Mike McQuesten -- Jeff H., 06/10/2001

Collapse <b>RE: Lime Gold!</b> -- <font color=#0000ff>Mike McQuesten, <i>06/11/2001</i></font>

RE: Lime Gold! -- Mike McQuesten, 06/11/2001

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RE: Lime Gold! -- Jeff H., 06/11/2001

Very cool story, guys. I really enjoy the 'personal' angles. :-) [n/m] -- Mr F, 06/11/2001

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RE: UAW not blamed -- marty vogler, 06/11/2001

You haven't bought it yet? Get on it! ;-) [n/m] -- Paul M, 06/11/2001

Info on that Mustang is welcome. Meanwhile, I don't believe it. [n/m] -- Mr F, 06/11/2001

RE: W-code '68? -- Mike McQuesten, 06/11/2001

W code Mustang -- Tim B, 06/12/2001

RE: 1968 "W" 427 (4V) 2-bolt Cougar GT-E?? -- P, 06/11/2001

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2-bolt, 4-bolt, 6-bolt, a dollar; screw-ups make me want to holler... -- Mr F, 06/09/2001

Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=6796&Reply=6726><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a> <a href="#" id="anchor6796" onclick="return false;">....mea culpa??</a> -- <font color=#0000ff>P, <i>06/11/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript">
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....mea culpa?? -- P, 06/11/2001

$Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=6801&Reply=6726><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a> <a href="#" id="anchor6801" onclick="return false;">I was referring to _my_ typo on the 'W' page.[n/m]</a> -- <font color=#0000ff>Mr F, <i>06/11/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=6801', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor6801') }); </script>$

I was referring to _my_ typo on the 'W' page.[n/m] -- Mr F, 06/11/2001

"some blocks" (typo) -- P, 06/12/2001