Legendary Ford Magazine Issue #7
427 Power Issue
General theme: 427 Power. Feature cars: 1967 Fairlane GT road test, 1956 Lincoln Premiere Convertible, 1965 AC Shelby Cobra 427, Ô69 Boss 302 (building the Boss). Poster car: 1965 AC Shelby Cobra 427. Issue highlights: Tech: Floorpan replacement, AOD transmission install overview. Featured Transmission: The cast iron automatics (Ford-O-Matic, Cruise-O-Matic, FMX). Events: Fabulous Fords Forever. Special feature: Deuce Coupe!
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From humble beginnings...In Surrey, England, in early '62, the first prototype CSX2000 (Carroll Shelby Experimental) mated a 221 cubic-inch V8 engine to the chassis of an AC sports car. After completion, the car was air freighted to California. In the back of Dean Moon's shop in Santa Fe Springs, Carroll Shelby's team had readied a 260 cubic-inch V8 with a 4-speed Borg-Warner transmission for a test drive, in less than eight hours!
If you remember way back to the Premiere issue of Legendary Ford Magazine (November 2003), our very first tech story was entitled "Floorpan Resto." That piece was about coating your slightly rusty floorpans with a miracle cure rust "paint" called POR-15. This tech article is all about what to do when your car's floor boards are beyond the reach of even mighty POR-15.
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