[MysteryTrain]

Whats'a -

You brought up good points up until the "what's so great about 427's" question. (nice effort to stir the pot, though)

The 289s were better race cars, there is no doubt. However, wins alone do not an icon make. There are plenty of boxers with better career win loss records than Muhammad Ali, but does anyone remember them? Who is the greatest of all time? Vincent VanGogh only painted for 7 to 9 years of his life. His are the most valuable paintings in the world. Productivity and statistics are not necessarily part of the "greatness" equation.

If you want stats, though, I think the drag racing credentials (wasn't it CAR magazine that ran the legendary 0-100-0 times in a 427 that took 20 plus years to break?) will do.

And oh yeah, (to steal a line from Evan) did we mention how much better the 427 looks?

You don't ask an icon for its resume`.

MT