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Look at the COWL on that thing!!!
Jeeze! It may not be hot off the line, but I bet it has 220 MPH+ at the upper level!

Well the Galaxies had a long way to go before reaching that magic 2-century mark, as I recall (and memory may be faulty here) on a NASCAR track in the early to mid 60's, those big Fords were running in the 170 to 180 mph range. (I may be a little off on that recollection however)

The hood you're referring to, aka the 'Teardrop' was commonly used in NHRA drag racing, the scoop was to provide clearance for what was known as the 427 'high riser' intake manifold, which extended up above the line of the factory hood, hence the scoop. Dual Holley 600(?) cfm carburetors provided the go-juice.

In following years (after 1963/64) the intake design was reworked into the 'medium riser', to eliminate the need for the scoop, without much loss in volumetric efficiency. The earliest versions of the 427 (1963) were known as 'low-risers' as they shared pretty much standard parts with the high performance 406 (4bbl and 6bbl versions) of 1962.

The neat thing about big block high performance Ford engines of the 'FE' series (FE = Ford/Edsel, and no laughing dammit) is that from the humble 352 of 1958 to the 390 of 1961 and onward, to the 406 and 427, nearly ALL parts are interchangeable in some fashion, although you have to really watch yourself with cylinder heads, valves and intakes. All engines had the same crankshaft stroke of 3.78", with the exception of the 352 (3.5") and the 428 Cobra Jet (3.98"), which made for some nice combinations. A common hop-up in later years was to take the gigantic 427 block (Bore = 4.234") and drop in the longer stroke 428 crank, ending up with 447 cubic inches. YOW!

Basically, the 428 was nothing more than a stroked out 406 with a more streetable hydraulic cam added.

For me, there is nothing like them.

Glad you enjoyed, and thanx for induling my automotive FoMoCo nostalgic attack.... ;)