The Ford 427 SOHC arrived as a weapon, not a commuter engine, built to win races and unsettle rivals who thought they had big-block dominance locked up. It shared displacement with other FE V8s, but ...

These big block Blue Oval engines defined an era of American muscle with huge horsepower and performance that dominated drag ...

Should we stumble upon a way-back machine, we’ll be sure to set the dial for March 1968 when Ford offered what may have been the bargain of the century. Offered over the counter was part number ...

[Ed. Note: Yes, Chevrolet guys, today is also your day. Stay tuned later in the day for the 427 Big-Block Chevy!] HOT ROD Editor Eric Dahlquist called it the "90-Day Wonder," but you know it as the ...

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 ...

Lowell Unruh bought this stunning 1928 Ford roadster when he was in high school, more than 50 years ago. He turned it into a winner on the National Rod and Custom Association show circuit in the early ...

Rick Thayer grew up in a small town in the picturesque hills of central New Hampshire, one of those places where you know everyone and everyone knows you. Rick loved growing up there and over the ...

American carmakers in the 1960s chased trends like Metallica cutting their hair. Seemingly, every brand had to have a large displacement V8, even producing ...

Rick Thayer grew up in a small town in the picturesque hills of central New Hampshire, one of those places where you know everyone and everyone knows you. Rick loved growing up there and over the ...