the h.d. base held an extra quart.

FWIW,,, I have a '59 F250 with a 14" tube straight into the block, it has a 21 1/2" x1/4 stick measured tip to top of cap.,,,,my '63 block has more tube and a 26+ stick,,,that HD motor may have more sump,,

Thanks Mike. Hadn't even considered that the width could be different.

Gerald Ingram aka "Gritsngumbo"
Monroe, LA
LITTLE RED: 64 Ford F100 Short Bed Styleside
BIG RED: 63 Ford F100 Long Bed Unibody
BBW RED: 61 Ford F100 BBW Long Bed Custom Cab Unibody
BIG “UN: 63 F250 Longbed Flareside
CREW CAB: 63 F100 "Stageway" Crew Cab w/Long "Wrong" Bed

Dont know about diff in length, but there is a marked diff in width.  The earlier stick wont come close to fitting in the later dipstick housring. 

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I need a new dip stick for my 1963 292 truck Y-Block. Obsolete has one in their catalog, Page 59, but the description of what it fits is confusing.

Link: http://www.classicautopartsonlinecatalog.com

Is there a difference in the dip stick length of the 54-56 truck Y-Block engines vs the 61-64's? In other words, will a dip stick for a 57 Y truck engine fit properly a 63 Y truck engine?

Gerald Ingram aka "Gritsngumbo"
Monroe, LA
LITTLE RED: 64 Ford F100 Short Bed Styleside
BIG RED: 63 Ford F100 Long Bed Unibody
BBW RED: 61 Ford F100 BBW Long Bed Custom Cab Unibody
BIG “UN: 63 F250 Longbed Flareside
CREW CAB: 63 F100 "Stageway" Crew Cab w/Long "Wrong" Bed