Good progress on things in the smaller outbuilding. having decent heat helps to make it available in the winter, I bet you don't do much in the Big Red Barn when temps are < 32 degrees F.
And, congratulations on completion of your schooling at this level. Hopefully it pays-off for you at work.
I recall the 1964 Comet Caliente's set a world record running over 105 mph for 30 days, (I checked, link below) I think they were 4 speed solid-lifter 289's, and they got my attention as a teenager. One averaged 124 mph for 10,000 miles! Pretty-impressive for a Ford of the era, and a good trial by fire for the soon to arrive 1964-1/2 Mustang. The first Shelby Cobras ran the 260 cu. inch V-8's.
My brother had a V-8 4-speed Caliente convertible, a fun car to drive, back in the mid-1960's, I got to drive it occasionally in '67-'68. Pretty-much the Falcon in much of its running gear, as-was the early Ford Econoline, I had an Econoline pick-up for probably > 12 years, 1970's-1980's. It had the 170 cu. in. 3 on the tree.
OK, I found something on the Comet speed run, done at Daytona:
https://www.hemmings.com/blog/2015/...-world-speed-and-distance-records-at-daytona/
