Thread: I never thought I would see this!!!!!!!!

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Holy crap.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eB...ayphotohosting


Sigh . . . WAY out of my reach.

I'm sorry but what's so special about it?

The one scary aspect I see is that this seller has some real question marks in his Ebay feedback ratings. One or two, you can see, but he has quite a few negatives.

Where there is smoke, there is fire, and I would be worried about how honest the description is, as far as how good this particular engine is.

Crazy price, but after seeing the Barrett-Jackson fiasco, nothing surprises me about prices of this kind of stuff.

Thanks for sharing this auction with us.

Don

I'd be afraid of it. Maybe no rods, pistons, cams, valves, etc., etc.

totally suspicious.... but that would be one hell of an engine to score could probably remachine your own 427 into a cammer at that kind of price tho

DAAAMN!

Originally posted by SpecialEd34
I'm sorry but what's so special about it?

rare

"I'm sorry but what's so special about it?"



SpecialEd34: Some of the other guys on here will be able to answer this better, but essentially, this is a very rare engine developed either by Ford or Holman-Moody, and I think they were built for NASCAR competition, to enable Ford to compete with the Hemi's. I could be way out in left field on that, but I saw that you were asking, and I wanted to put it back out there so one of the other, more knowledgeable, members could give you the real scoop.

I think the heads featured double overhead cams? Since I knew I would never be able to afford one, I didn't pay any attention to them. But I was at a car show a few years ago, and a Ford of about 1964 vintage came through, and sounded like a fuel dragster. When he parked and popped the hood there was a cammer in it. Really impressive and big.

Don

Originally posted by DennyW
Nope on that one.

Check these out though.

http://search.ebay.com/427-ford_W0QQ...2427Q20fordQ22

mallory distributor

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/427-F...15731506QQrdZ1

Prudhomme ran one in the late '60's, didn't have much luck with it though. I think Ed Schartman ran one in the Cyclone Comet if my memory isn't failing me and there were others that I can't remember.

Sorry Denny, I meant to quote Itoldyouso

What do you suppose the reserve is, still a day to go on the cammer !!!! Way out of my price range.

The cammers were just single overhead cams not double. Thus the 427 SOHC you see on the valvecover under the Ford oval. This one is very close to the reserve it seems and bringing very good money. I'd have to think with a $35k BIN price he's maybe $32-33 on the reserve? Aftermarket cammer parts are being made. New 427 cammer heads from Kaase are done and being tested. They should be out soon if the tests went well. I heard by end of Jan they would be out but now end of Feb and still nothing. But hopefully soon. I've been toying with the idea of building one of these myself. I've crunched some numbers and using aftermarket parts close to $22k. Most of the parts are out there for the aftermarket. A few different guys are working on billet cams and differnet grinds. It sure is tempting....I've lusted over these engines for a long ....long.....time......

G.

I'm not real familiar with these engines, but I remember an article a long while back of a guy in Detroit with a '61 Galaxie Starliner with one of these engines. He drove it on the street and if I remember correctly, he had to put new chains on that bad boy every 100-200 miles .

ok so heres a lil more correct history lesson on the cammer... the cammer was built in 1967 as a ford attempt to win races in nascar, because the engines had to be used as a production engine as well 500 were put in 67 galaxies that were sold to the public(hence why they're so rare)... also the cammer was the highest horsepower factory engine built until the 1987 lambo

And to add prototypes had been built and tested since late 64 using a converted centeroiler block and early prototype heads with the spark plugs down by the exaust not close to the intake like later production cammers. Also production cammers used sideoiler blocks and rumored production stats between as many as 2000-2500 engines built total. I have a picture of a "wall of cammers" from Holman Moody moody in 67 showing John Holman standing in a sea of cammer engines with a wall behind him packed 3 deep on shelves. If someone can post it I'll email it to them. It's pretty cool!

G.