Ford's 427 SOHC Cammer produced 657+ hp to challenge Chrysler's Hemi, but NASCAR banned it in 1965 for being too specialized ...

There are few engines in hot rodding as iconic and mysterious as the 427ci Ford Cammer. The high-winding big block had overhead cams, sodium-filled valves, and 657 horsepower (when equipped with twin, ...

Shelby American used the past weekend's Carlisle Ford Nationals in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, to present the Shelby Cammer Cobra, a car Carroll Shelby had wanted to race in the 1964 24 Hours of Le Mans.

HOT ROD Editor Eric Dahlquist called it the "90-Day Wonder," but you know it as the Ford 427ci SOHC! The Cammer—for those close to this mythical motor's odyssey—was Ford's answer to the 426 Hemi. The ...

Close-up of valve covers on a Ford 427 "Cammer" engine - The Throttlestop/YouTube "HEMI" and "Chrysler" go together like a horse and carriage. Whether it's the early, first-generation FirePower HEMI ...

The Jan. '65 issue of Hot Rod magazine called it "Ford's 90-day Wonder," and nothing has changed in the ensuing four decades. Simply put, Ford's 427 SOHC was one for the ages-and not just because of ...

Rick Thayer grew up in a small town in the picturesque hills of central New Hampshire, one of those places where you know everyone and everyone knows you. Rick loved growing up there and over the ...