Ford Motor Firm made loads of guarantees in the course of the muscle automobile period, equivalent to 427s in Mustangs and Boss 429s in Torinos and Cyclones. None of them panned out however, for some cause, Mercury scored a 427 for the special-edition Cougar GT-E. This automobile holds the excellence as being the final FoMoCo product to obtain a 427 from the manufacturing facility.

This 427 was considerably totally different than these previous it, because it now featured a hydraulic camshaft and therefore was rated 20 horsepower lower than the four-barrel model that was put in in a handful of Comets in 1967. Moreover, it was solely accessible with an automated transmission, a primary for the 427.

On this video, Muscle Automotive Campy offers us a trip in Dean Ward’s Cougar XR-7 that’s outfitted with the GT-E bundle. The Cardinal Crimson cat encompasses a white vinyl prime and strange purple Comfortweave vinyl inside – whomever ordered this one forewent the usual leather-based.

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