I so want a 500 with the 427. Saw one at a car show painted deep green and my wife had to drag me away before I did something stupid.
Scrounging Firewood (and other stuff)
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The Local here up until 2019 had a Dash 9 Superfleet Warbonnet assigned to it, BNSF 627. I only got it once with one of the BN green survivor SD40-2s. The unit in back was a former CB&Q GP40 fresh from rebuild and having been assimilated into the "orange dip" swoosh scheme. Athearn released the "as delivered" ATSF 627 D9-44CW in their Genesis line 2 years ago so I had to get it. Scaletrains did recently release the SD40 shown here (one of the first SD40-2's built for BN) but as it's original number, BN 6339 (which later became BN 6916 then 1922 as seen here). The other picture is of the Dash 9 with the Ferromex ES44 (which I've photographed the real one twice) I have on the layout of one of the model RR groups I've joined.
Changed out the headlamps and side markers on my 72 . Headlamps are United Pacific much brighter than the old Halogen sealed beams . And they are DOT legal . 
That's very cool scrounge to drive home with after work... instead of an empty bed...
It's possible we are related somehow,, For a long time I traveled with my favorite Jonsered and a maul.. Didn't ride around with an empty grocery getter truck... Sometimes just stop long enough to fill up a Subaru. Nothing like a good physical work out instead of going to a gym.. someone say "free heat"..?
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I'm still on my firewood cutting/splitting job, I hired my nephew to help me as he's short on cash right now. Anyway, there were two oak logs in this spot, and we filled a couple boxes with those,
The 4-way wedge sure speeds up the splitting!
Then we moved to a BIG pile of logs out in the woods to cut/split there, and we quickly got to work filling more boxes,
It's really nice to have a "self-propelled" splitter that you can drive out in the woods, and it really kicks-azz when it gets there,
There's plenty more logs out there to work on, so like Arnie, we'll be back!!
SR
The 4-way wedge sure speeds up the splitting!
Then we moved to a BIG pile of logs out in the woods to cut/split there, and we quickly got to work filling more boxes,
It's really nice to have a "self-propelled" splitter that you can drive out in the woods, and it really kicks-azz when it gets there,
There's plenty more logs out there to work on, so like Arnie, we'll be back!!
SR
I learned to drive on a 65 Country Squire with a 390 4bbl that was pre-owned by Charlotte Ford (she got a new car every 6 weeks),
and a 64 Galaxy 500 with a 352 4bbl. That car was pre-owned by a Ford executive that my Dad knew, he got a new car every 6 months.
You do know I had a 427 Ford engine in my 1970 Boss Mustang (302 body). The 302 had spun bearings when I bought it and I had purchased the 427 short-block when I was at college. It was a 1966 Holman + Moody seasoned side oiler block with cross bolted mains. The crank had been trued (cut 10 + 20), but it had low riser pistons, so I put 428 CJ heads on it. (Medium and Hi Riser heads had larger combustion chambers and needed pop up pistons). 428 CJ head had valves and combustion chambers like a low riser, but intake ports like a medium riser. They were developed by Tasca Ford because the larger valves on the Medium Riser heads would not fit in the smaller 428 bore.
I used to tell people I had the real Boss Mustang! I had Keystone Mags on it with BFG Radial Trans Am tires (G-60-15)
The Black 68 was a Factory 428 CJ with the 4:30 drag pack option.
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One of the mechanics that used to work at Brewster Ford had a 1967 Fairlane with a factory 427 2-4 bbl and the 427-hood scoop. I used to drool when I saw that car!
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