Ford 427 SOHC engines

You're wrong, it's (3) prizes!

- EM

 

Without a doubt, cosmetically one of the best (if not the very best) V-8s ever produced, not to mention their performance.

- EM

 

Hot rod magazine road tested a 1965 galaxies with 427 sohc. I think it was rated at 670 hp.

 

Numbers I've seen in print were 616 for the single 4 and 657 for dual quads. For an "over the counter" engine it was quite successful and 55 years later it still has mystique about it.

 

Early low spark plugs

 

Doesn't get any better than a H&M injected cammer

 

The very first used a standard 427 block with a external oil line

 

The SOHC was banned in Nascar and never got to race. The engines were given out to drag teams and could be bought through Ford Muscle Parts or Off Hiway parts. Brother has a NIS one in his '57 Ford with Hilborn injection that he has never fired.

 

Super Mustang

 

NASCAR never banned the SOHC. They just applied a large enough weight penalty to guarantee that it would not be competitive. By 1967 Ford had figured out that the lighter Fairlane was faster with a 396 (427 with 352 rotating assembly) than the 427 powered Galaxie's even though NASCAR limited the displacement in the smaller cars.

 

I wish I had that kind of budget

 

Liberty Classic^^^^^^ or Revell.... I have a couple of those.....

 

Hell... I'd buy that for a dollar! LOL!

 

Aluminum Block

 

Yep! Probably casted in Australia.... Or here in the States....

 

In a late 60’s Ford truck no less....

 

This just looks RIGHT!!