Ford’s 427 had a rocky relationship with the car-buying public within the Nineteen Sixties. Whereas the 1963-64 full-size automobiles had been made in good numbers, these numbers trailed off drastically beginning in 1965. Ford made many guarantees to introduce the 427 for intermediates for a number of years, however the producer by no means was capable of construct them in nice numbers, if in any respect. Within the case of this 1967 Fairlane GT, Ford solely constructed one.

In accordance with Adrian Clements’ Yours in outdated FoMoCo iron… channel on YouTube, Ford launched the 427 for the 1967 Fairlane Membership Coupe (two-door sedan), Fairlane 500 Membership Coupe, Fairlane 500 Hardtop, and Fairlane 500/XL Hardtop after producing 57 Fairlane 500 Hardtops in 1966. Why Ford didn’t enable the 427 to be out there within the 1967 Fairlane GT is anybody’s guess.

Ford produced two 427s for 1967. The 410-horsepower model with a four-barrel is commonly referred to as the W-code as a result of letter within the fifth character of the VIN. When you needed the 425-horse model, referred to as the R-code, you needed to tolerate the complexity of dual-quads. Of the 2, R-codes had been produced in a lot bigger portions, however each are extraordinarily uncommon (209 versus 21).

Adrian elaborates utilizing the Ford Automotive Details e-book, revealed for sellers for the introduction of the brand new mannequin 12 months. The e-book specifies a number of instances that the 427 was not out there on the GT or that it was out there on the opposite trim ranges. Even with a mid-year worth replace insert, all indications had been that the 427 was out there in trim ranges apart from the GT.

Within the above video, Adrian makes use of superb deductive reasoning to show the 427 was not out there within the 1967 Fairlane GT, then he goes over a number of manufacturing data to point out how this uncommon Fairlane GT was constructed, together with latest pictures of this Springtime Yellow unicorn.

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