Brian is a published author who has been writing professionally for a decade in politics and entertainment, but found his calling covering the automotive industry. His love of cars started at an early ...

The horsepower wars were in full swing by 1966, and Chrysler had just released its NASCAR-derived street HEMI engine. As a follow-up to its dedicated drag racing 1964 Thunderbolt, Ford responded with ...

You can measure how wild 1960s drag racing really was by looking at the cars that forced officials to rewrite the rulebook. The 1964 Ford Fairlane Thunderbolt did exactly that, turning a mild-mannered ...

A major industrial shift was underway during the early 1960s, particularly in the American automotive scene. The 1950s, a decade of long, low, and slow models, had passed. The early 1960s heralded a ...

Bob Klemann is the third and current owner of this New Rochelle, New York, 427 Fairlane. He bought the car in 1968, parked it in 1972 due to the operating expenses involved, and didn't drive it again ...

Some engines weren’t just built—they were summoned. Ford’s 427 FE V8 thundered into existence in 1963, forged for battle in NASCAR, NHRA, and at Le Mans. It was a racing engine that somehow slipped ...