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------Long Gone was the 11th Holman-Moody SOHC Mustang. I was told by Bob that H-M was contracted to build 10 and he heard about the project from a connection at Ford. He wangled an 11th one out of H-M by going to Larsen Ford and picking out a Poppy Red 65 fastback and driving it down to H-M for conversion. Bob told me that two weeks later he picked up his purpose built 427 Mustang. All 11 initially had 427FEs, but SOHCs would be provided after full development. This was alright with Bob as he knew how to make FEs run, and the car ran really well out of the box. Ford mandated that he use the SOHC when shipped to him although he didnt initially want to. The SOHC in Bobs eyes was an untried item and he wasnt happy doing development when he felt he already had a potent package. He did anyway and ultimatly had few problems winning all up and down the east coast. I have a clipping where Bob bested Jack Werst in his 65 Hemi that Jack says never happened,,,LOL!!!! I believe Tom has a great picture of Bob behind the wheel of Long Gone when it was injected.........Bill S