Ford’s 428 Cobra Jet Torino arrived at a moment when Detroit was locked in a horsepower arms race and buyers wanted quarter-mile credibility straight from the showroom. By pairing a big-block 428 with ...

In 1969, the winds of change swept Dearborn with three times the force of a category-five hurricane, effectively pushing the pony offers through the stratosphere. The Boss Bros and the Mach 1 joined ...

In 1968, Ford Motor Company finally answered GM’s big-block arms race with a weapon that didn’t roar — it detonated. The 428 Cobra Jet wasn’t just another FE-series engine; it was a muscle-era ...

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 ...