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rotorwrench · 12-20-2016, 02:23 PM

Dale Earnhardt's first race car the Pink & Purple K2 car was a 1956 Ford. I don't know how well he did with it though.

Curtis Turner was probably the best Ford driver of the 50s. He did well in 1956 and could have won championship if he hadn't gotten started so late in the season. He had a reputation for blowing up engines but the Y-block survived that year. Some of the stories about the crazy things he did are legend.

The 1963 fast back Galaxie 500 with the R-code FE 427 was a monster. The Hemi 426 was developed to beat it and Ford came up with the SOHC 427 and both were promptly banned from NASCAR.

12-20-2016, 02:23 PM	#7
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 18,018	Re: Pros and cons of Lincoln flatheads Dale Earnhardt's first race car the Pink & Purple K2 car was a 1956 Ford. I don't know how well he did with it though. Curtis Turner was probably the best Ford driver of the 50s. He did well in 1956 and could have won championship if he hadn't gotten started so late in the season. He had a reputation for blowing up engines but the Y-block survived that year. Some of the stories about the crazy things he did are legend. The 1963 fast back Galaxie 500 with the R-code FE 427 was a monster. The Hemi 426 was developed to beat it and Ford came up with the SOHC 427 and both were promptly banned from NASCAR.