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To: miraje who wrote (11)4/23/2024 1:10:48 PM
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I wish I could time travel back to the 60's when it was possible to order cars like this. Pics at the kink..

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Found: One-Of-One 1967 Ford Custom With A W-Code 427


Here's a story for you: in the mid-1960s, a gentleman in New York had his dreams and savings account aimed squarely at a new 427 Cobra, but his soon-to-be ex-wife drained the account and disappeared. Stung, but still determined to get his 427 experience, he special-ordered a less-expensive base-model 1967 Ford Custom two-door sedan and had the Mahwah, New Jersey factory drop in the W-code 427-4V engine, which automatically triggered a four-speed gearbox and 15-inch nylon blackwall tires as “mandatory” options.

It would be the one and only Custom that year built with the W-code engine, which breathed through a single Holley 780-cfm four-barrel to produce 410 gross horsepower. To be clear, a handful of other full-size Fords were built with 427s. They included 10 Customs with the R-code 427-8V engine (dual quads) and 18 additional higher-trim models equipped with the W-code engine. That’s a mere 29 427 cars altogether, out of more than 952,000 full-size Fords built for the year.

And only one of them — this car — was a base Custom with the W-code engine..
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