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I second the Fairlane idea.

Back in 1966, the most rabid Ford man I ever knew showed up at the dealership I was working in with a white 66 (67?) Fairlane with a 427 in it. It was brand new with a 4 speed top loader, bench seat and the only hint it was a sleeper was the front of the hood where the Ford lettering should have been was cleverly opened to form a low profile hood scoop. The hood was glass and did have hood pins. The story had it that this was a limited edition Fairlane with only 60 ever made and that Shelby had something to do with it. I rode in this car and it was second only to the COB FIA I'd worked on a few months earlier in terms of pure power. Never forgot that car but never knew if the limited edition story was real. I didn't care after I rode in it........

I do recall that in those days, you could order a Chevy 427 in a Biscayne with no creature comforts at all. Even the carpet was optional.

Tim