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RE: '66 Cobras with 428-what differences from 427
By P - 11/20/2001 10:54:06 AM; IP 66.89.75.42
Don't know where I read it, but Shelby (and perhaps Ford) had a rebate plan already established in the event the "yups of the day" discovered they had a 428 in lieu of the 427. All the Cobras had 427 on the fender, so it was a bit shady to sell someone a 428.

Shelby was reputed to have indicated that he thought the side-oiler 427 was a "waste of good machinery" in anything other than a race-track destined car; and he was reputed to have indicated that most people "wouldn't know the difference" in the horsepower ratings between the 427 and 428, and he was probably right. The Gucci loafers apparently didn't seem to know how much rubber a 427 was really supposed to lay, versus the 428.

Personally, I'd have been "royally pissed" if I bought a 427 anything and found it had a different motor in it, strong family resemblence or not.

P
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 Re: amen! -- Mel Clark, 11/20/2001
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 RE: What's he building? -- Mel Clark, 11/21/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9453&Reply=9380><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9453" onclick="return false;">Here's the 1968 spec for the GT 500 KR</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>P, <i>11/21/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9453', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9453') }); </script>  Here's the 1968 spec for the GT 500 KR -- P, 11/21/2001
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 RE: 1968 spec for the GT 500 KR -- P, 11/21/2001
 RE: Here's the 1968 spec for the GT 500 KR -- Bob, 11/21/2001
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