The 427 SOHC was Ford's response to Chrysler's Hemi engines, which dominated NASCAR in the 1960s. But the Cammer's story didn ...

The Jan. '65 issue of Hot Rod magazine called it "Ford's 90-day Wonder," and nothing has changed in the ensuing four decades. Simply put, Ford's 427 SOHC was one for the ages-and not just because of ...

The Ford Galaxie 500XL 427 arrived at a turning point in American performance, when full-size family cars were suddenly expected to dominate stock car tracks and stoplight sprints alike. The ...

Before the Street Hemi thundered into Detroit’s horsepower wars, the cannon fire had already begun. Chevrolet lobbed its Z11 Impala into the fray in 1963, a short-lived unicorn packing a bored-out 427 ...

For automakers, the 1960s were a time of unbridled power and speed. Prior to the arrival and widespread implementation of emissions control devices in the 1970s, car manufacturers were pumping out a ...