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Originally Posted by DanEC
I'm going by Colin Comer's recent book that says early 427 cars were low riser center oilers. They would still be cross-bolted blocks. I think cross-bolting began sometime in the era of the 406 version.
This makes sense because the 64 Galaxie's with 427s were still low-rise, center oilers. I believe they carried over sometime into early 1965 model year, which I think (?) is when the side oiler and medium riser heads began to appear. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I think he is referring to street cars. Center oilers were the 428s. To my knowledge no cobra ever came with a "427 Center oiler" from the factory (eventhough a 428 actually displaces 427 cu in. and a 427 displaces 425 cu in). The 428s used in Cobras were also all low risers.
I'm happy to be corrected but I've been around this hobby for 16 years and never heard or read of a 427 center oiler being put in a BB car at the factory.