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We take a look back at the Blue Oval's full-size sedan that could be equipped with a powerful 427 V8 under the hood.
Yet, the respect and bond between Ford and the Wood Brothers gives glimpses of that old-school rivalry and loyalty that once ...
Don Prudhomme, Lou Baney, and Ed Pink’s Baney-Prudhomme Ford 427 SOHC dragster. Pink built his reputation for timepiece-quality drag-racing V-8s with the 426 Mopar Hemi and later the Ford V-8s ...
In October 1964, NASCAR made the decision to ban "special racing engines," including the Chrysler HEMI and the Ford 427 SOHC motor. The Mopar team decided to boycott NASCAR in protest. Ford ...
The result was Ford's 427 SOHC. Chrysler's 426 Hemi resulted from years of research and development, culminating in 1964, as a response to Ford's domination of the NASCAR circuit the previous year.
Known as the “cammer,” this V-8 was born as a rival to the venerable Chrysler 426 Hemi, which was dominating NASCAR ovals ... Chrysler sat out the season in protest. Ford, whose SOHC 427 was no longer ...
Back in Michigan, Roy Lunn and his Ford team had developed a new version of the GT40, which, following the proven American saying "there's no replacement for displacement," featured a new 427-ci ...
Never had a chassis or tires that could handle the power. The A-925 DOHC 426 Hemi. 2 built as a response to the Ford SOHC 427 "Cammer" before NASCAR outlawed "exotic" engines. Would have been a ...
In 1964, Ford introduced this incredible powerplant as a response to Chrysler’s NASCAR-conquering 426 HEMI ... humongous, 427-ci (7.0-liter), single overhead cam (SOHC) V8 that would become ...
Users often praise Ford for their sophisticated and elegant approach to car design, to which the Ford 427 can attest. This model looks chic both internally and externally with the perfect combination ...
The 390 block is the same one used for Mercury's 410 and Ford's 427 racing engine and the 428 street engine. (Would you believe the sohc Hemi?—okay, maybe only on the drag strip. But anything's ...