Hello from NC!

[Jlau]

I just joined your MB last week. I was trying to find out some info, and I stumbled upon a thread in which you guys were discussing how Fords could not be numbers matching, only well-documented. I am a GTO guy, so this was news to me. Here's my story:

I manage a classic car collection for a gentleman in Durham, NC. One of our cars is a 1960 Sunliner with the 352/360 engine. My boss goes to auctions and buys cars, and there was no documentation with this car when he purchased it. The car looked great, but it ran like crap. We tore the engine down and discovered that it had rods from a truck 312 in it. Anyway, I am a stat guy and after doing much research, I have come up with a confirmation list of 13 items that are on this car that were not available on any other engine. This includes things like re-routing the break lines, etc. So, while this car apparently is not numbers-matching (grin), the dates on the engine block, carburetor and data plate are all within a week of each other. The January, 1960 issue of Motor Life had the well-know article by Tom Shaw that I used as the basis for my confirmation sheet.

I have attached a photo of our car. I have no idea of how rare this car is, so I am asking for thoughts and opinions of any kind regarding this car.

Thanks for your input!
John