Three gears and a 1:1 final drive ratio just don’t cut it anymore. At the same time, it’s gotten more and more difficult to find an automatic transmission that both physically fits and holds up to the torque of a big block Mopar engine. The 727 was and still is a thing of beauty among slushboxes of the Sixties. Transferring power for Hemis, Max Wedges, and Six Packs, it was rarely the weak link of a raucous race car. Even today, later generations of automatics have a hard time putting together a combination of affordability and reliability like a 727.

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