1968 Ford Mustang 428 Cobra Jet - Hubert Platt SS/E Winternationals Article

This is page 41 of S/S & FX magazine, an article titled "Hubie Tells It Like It Is!" by Alex Walordy. It profiles Ford drag racer Hubert Platt and his 428 Cobra Jet Mustang, which won its SS/E (Super Stock/E) class at the NHRA Winternationals with the fastest elapsed time in class. The article explains that at the time only ten Cobra Jet Mustangs existed, all built and prepared by Holman and Moody, Stroppe Associates of Long Beach, California, and that Ford planned to make Cobra Jets available at dealerships soon. Platt shares his build recipe: start with a 360 hp 428 Ford with a single four-barrel carburetor in a Mustang, then have Bill Stroppe blueprint the engine and fit unusual Doug headers whose 3 and 7 inch stacks cross under the engine to opposite collectors, equalizing rear branch lengths, eliminating exhaust pulse interference between adjacent cylinders, and sharpening the torque peak. Two photos show Platt pointing to the engine bay (air cleaner with rubber ring sealing to the hood scoop) and kneeling beside the white "cobra jet" SS/E Mustang numbered 985. The caption notes a hood scoop, rubber ring, and reworked air cleaner base yield bolt-on horsepower, with wheel-opening work to clear the Goodyear tires.