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Ahhh , I was at indy in 1969 in Roger Penske pit and seen the motor. I was in a motor home with friends and a bbq pit. Most of the indy cars that have exhaust comming out the top are Ford cammers. 427 or 289 or even 260.
Just as I was at the Coumbus Georgia Drag stip in 1967 when Connie Koletta in his SOHC 427 ford dragster put Don Gartlets on the trailer. I ordered a 69 428 mach1 in 1968. I grew up with Jack Roush, actually I hung with his brother jerry. They lived in Rock falls and I lived in sterling Illinois, a river apart. . I was at the track when Don Nicelson ran his flat top merc, I seen Bob Gliden win all ten Pro stock championshps. and when Roger Penske opened his new track in Michigan I was sitting next to the tower when Bill Elliott won.
Web sit? ahhhhhh. don't have one.
Ron

 

There is only one Ford Cammer 427 SOHC engine.

 

Soring
That’s correct , DOHC is different than SOHC
The DOHC was called the cammer before the SOHC was called a cammer. But they were both called cammers. The DOHC was Gear driven and the SOHC Had a 6 foot timing chain.

 

i happen to live about 30 minutes or less from the don garlets museum (located in belleview, fl)

if anyone is ever traveling down I-75 going to tampa, orlando, or miami it is just south of Ocala, FL and WELL worth the time to stop in and drool over the cars he has there.

 

Don Gartlets is a 5foot 7 ash hole. Big daddy my ash. He did a lot for drag racing but what -------. He's in the same class as Warren Johnson , jerk.
I guess that’s really not fair to Don. He was a jerk to me, that’s accurate

 

The pictures you posted here are of a 255ci Indy small block "Cammer". Can you pst some pictures of the FE DOHC?

 

69
I'm not going to go look for it, Tell you the truth, I never even thought about it not being a FE, But I guess it could be something other than a FE. Back then the only Engines that were 427 was the FE so I assumed the DOHC 427 was some off bread version like the SOHC, But it may not have been a FE but a total redesign, racing engine only.
Heck they may have only made one or two of these engines. The 4 cam indy engine was like you said a 255 cu in, But the first 4 cam engine, or one of the first was a 427 DOHC.
In 67 or so The GT40 were racing Lemans with the DOHC engine and I know Dan Gurnny and AJ Floyt had one with a 427, But I don't think that was a DOHC.
Now I really don't know,
While looking for a timeing chain set I did come across this.
"Ford FE 390 428 Comp Hi-Energy timing set new #3208
Fits all FE Ford 1964-74 (excluding DOHC 427 special engine)

And lastly the picture is of a 4 cam indy motor but I would guess the the 427 version was the same and the difference would be sleves and Crank, not external.

 

thanks for all the help guys, i think because i cant really afford 1700-2500 bucks for a block i'm gonna just stroke it not go with a supercharger, i talked to a friend and he says his dad has a 351 cleveland in his garage so i may buy that

also the 427 "cammer" was a single overhead cam not DOHC

 

Go with a boss block if ya can find 1

 

hahah good luck with that.... prolly cheaper to get a FRPP block