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Originally Posted by Jerry Clayton
There was an issue in 1967 with the ford 427 engines not meeting some new standards for smog or some other detail that caused Ford to remove them as an option in the Ford/Merc cars and go to the 7 liter(428) and CJ Cobra Jet----------
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So was it smog. they ran out of 427's, or just plain greed?
I do think it is very misleading and borderline unethical to sell a car known to have a 427 engine and named 427 Cobra with anything but a true 427...
If it truly was a government mandate due to smog I think that mitigates it somewhat but still...
And thanks everyone for the great recommendations and the feedback. I was/am still a bit surprised that a man so revered in his field had these ethical blemishes.