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 ...

One of its most notorious efforts was the Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt, which had a NASCAR-bred 427 ci engine. Producing 425 hp, the engine was 1 of only 100 top-oiler, low-riser dual-four barrel ...

So he settled on building a 1/2 scale model of a 1967 Ford 427, the Galaxie-derived engine that powered the 1967 Ford GT40 Mk. IV to a win at the 1967 24 Hours of Le Mans, from solid aluminum.