Vintage Ford 427 SOHC Crate Motor Madness

[tom406]

This just happened-$140k + bid fee on BaT
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/fo...-crate-engine/

[AnthonyS]

Wow!

[SS427]

I bought a 427/335 Chevrolet engine from Andover Auto Parts in Andover, MN in 1981 and it is still owned by a friend of mine in Cedar, MN. I had found the car in the junk yard and inquired about the engine. He led me to the engine shack where it as well as many other engines were on pallets. I paid $400 for it which was a LOT of money in 1981, back when you could buy a whole car for that. Sitting right next to it was a 427 SOHC that had been removed from a dirt track car, a Torino which was also in yard. They wanted $2500 for that engine. Needless to say, I laughed very loudly and said good luck! I guess he had the last laugh. Coincidently, this was also the yard that had the red Z16 front clip laying in the yard which I have discussed on here before. Many of you on this site know of this yard and how full of muscle cars it was in the 70's and 80's.

[1967 4K]

I know where one of these engines are still in its FOMOCO shipping crate wrapped in plastic. It’s a single four carb like this one. Been at least 45 years since I last saw it. My brother and I were talking about it recently and he said it had been 25 years or so since he’d seen it.

[SS427]

My brother and I were just recently talking about one that was in a garage on an engine stand in a nearby neighbors house we went to in the late 80's. The owner was a street rodder and was going to put into one of his personal builds. It too was a 427 SOHC. My last trip to Phoenix my brother and I tried to remember the house we went to but too much had changed in 30 years. It was on East Cindy Street in Chandler.

[prototype]

I bought the Super Mustang, the fastest Mustang in the world, it's SOHC powered

https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang

It was at Charley's for a bit and being Charley of course he had to have a good laugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YjC9cCzHIac

If Charley or I got in I'm not sure we'd ever have got out!!!

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by prototype

i bought the super mustang, the fastest mustang in the world, it's sohc powered

https://www.nhra.com/news/2018/super-mustang

it was at charley's for a bit and being charley of course he had to have a good laugh

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yjc9cczhiac

if charley or i got in i'm not sure we'd ever have got out!!!

lol

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by SS427

My brother and I were just recently talking about one that was in a garage on an engine stand in a nearby neighbors house we went to in the late 80's. The owner was a street rodder and was going to put into one of his personal builds. It too was a 427 SOHC. My last trip to Phoenix my brother and I tried to remember the house we went to but too much had changed in 30 years. It was on East Cindy Street in Chandler.

There is a good chance that this could be the engine that Shaun Price has in his Starliner? If I remember correctly his engine came out of a street rod in the Chandler area? Shaun-you out there?

[tjs44]

Sold yesterday!Tom

[Xplantdad]

Originally Posted by Xplantdad

There is a good chance that this could be the engine that Shaun Price has in his Starliner? If I remember correctly his engine came out of a street rod in the Chandler area? Shaun-you out there?

I got a message from Shaun and he doesn't this its the same one.