Well it’s that time of the year again! Time when we celebrate 427-day April 27, 2010. There is something magical about that combination of numbers as it congers up thoughts of a high performance automobile engine and the special cars that provided it with a home. Close your eyes and image a '63 ½ Lightweight Galaxie with that unmistakable growl of the big FE bullet. Or how about an A/FX Comet with twin hood scoops feeding the monster within. Perhaps you can recall S/S Thunderbolts with the big bubble hood and air inlets in the headlight assembly. Holman and Moody even gave the 427 a home inside a group of special A/FX Mustangs they constructed. Bill Stroppe did the same to a group of '65 Comets. The Logge Brothers bent some steel tubing around a 427 and then wrapped it in fiberglass. It really doesn’t matter if it is a low, medium or high riser, tunnel port or cammer as long as it is a 427 it is worthy of reverence. I heard rumor that even Chevrolet produced the magical number combination in its product lineup. Pass the word about 427 day and remember to celebrate it on an annual basis.
For all of our non Ford enthusiasts you too have cause to celebrate each year beginning with the Month of March. How about 301, 302, and 327. April also has plenty to celebrate with 409, 413, 421 and 426. Even May starts off with a big 502.
Until next year take care and celebrate our performance heritage by doing the numbers.
Jim Amos
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