Rich
It's not exactly a billet head. It was machined from a raw casting of a
Rutherford head. I've never seen one before. Charles said only eight were
cast in Calif recently. He has it on a model B block. These guys like to
play. They had a 1918 Oldsmobile head on it last year and ran approximately
108 MPH. This year they ran 138.462 MPH right off the trailer. Substantial
improvement I'd say. Looks like they may have a chance against the 144 MPH
V4/GR record at Bonneville if they can keep the bottom end together.
John Beckett
#79, Worlds Fastest Chevette
----- Original Message -----
From: "Richard Fox" <v4gr@rcn.com>
To: "Land Speed List" <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 10:58 AM
Subject: Re: Maxton Weekend/ car 429
> Thanks for the pictures of Maxton. The roadster 429 is really nice I hope
> someone from its group is part of this list or can be persuaded to become
a
> member. I would really like to find out more about that car. A V4/GR with
a
> billett head? That seems to ring a bell with me. Rich Fox V4?GR #104
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