However, only a few years before the Mustang made its grand entrance, another model arrived on the market that ticked all the ...

In the early '60s, AC Cars had just lost the engine supplier for their car and Shelby got in touch to explain his idea, at the same time getting on the phone with Ford to set up a supply of engines.

a line of engines that traced its lineage clear back to the fire-breathing muscle cars of the '60s and early-'70s. Descended from the legendary big block 454, an engine that has powered countless ...