I don't know if this is old news, but in the July '99 Hemmings, Don Orosco
is offering his Ardun overhead valve conversion tooling to someone
interested in carrying on... says his entire production run of heads sold
out, and he doesn't have time to make another run..
If this is old news, sorry..
----- Original Message -----
From: <V4GR@aol.com>
To: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>; <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 24, 1999 5:37 PM
Subject: Re: Ardun vs GMC
> Doug-George of Salt Circus fame bought that Howard Head GMC from me. I had
> run it in my 32 5 window in XX/VAlt for a while and got Zekes record at
the
> salt shortly before selling it to George. It had old Jahns cast pistons
one
> of which had ticked a valve for unknown reasons last time I ran it. I told
> George but it looked ok so he ran it. At the salt he pulled the head after
> his last run and I did not see any piston in #6. Just a wrist pin. I sold
my
> turbo motors to Bud Morrell and he sold the turbos and manifold to Don
> Furgeson. Later Bud sold my 270 to Bruce Johnson who sold it back to me
and I
> ran it once in Bob Daltons streamliner at 202 and torched the head.
>
> I ran against Latten and Gillette with the turbo 270 in the 5 window when
> they had the Ardun Capri. We both went 158. So I put the motor in the Vega
> and ran 177 one way. I like to think that's when they got the idea to
split
> the classes. That flathead "Broad jumper" 34 of theirs is plenty fast in
my
> book. Rich Fox
>
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