I’ve been reading the great info here for awhile but only recently have I decided to get a bit more active. I 've built or started kits in just about every category on this website so I usually look at all the forums, time permitting. Just for starters, here’s a pic of an engine from one of my favorite cars:
[#welcome] to the forum.
Roy
Hiya, and [#welcome], Ken!
Is that gotta Hemi?[;)]
Welcome to the Forums Ken [#welcome].
Regards, Rick
Thanks for the warm welcome, and no Roger it hasn’t got a hemi but back in it’s day it beat more than a few hemis!
Hi ya kenjitak …
[#welcome] to the neighborhood … we are friendly and a little nuts around here … so, jump in and have some fun. I enjoyed the pic you posted of the engine in one of your favorite cars … nice work !!! [^]
Now to a devout Mopar guy, that’s just plain sacralidge!!![:O] But welcome to ya anyways[;)]
[#welcome] Ken! Is it a Ford 427 SOHC?
That’s a 427 Ford wedge with dual 4bbl carbs and a ram air set-up thru the inboard headlights. In 64 they put a 427 into a mid-size Fairlane to go against the Dodge and Plymouth Super Stocks. The Galaxie was too heavy to compete. Ford built 100 of them and Gas Rhonda won the NHRA S/S title. This car started the teardrop hood bubble. Here’s another view of the whole car:
