A few days ago the ex wife of my nephew stopped by, said she was selling the farm she got in the divorce, and had to get the barn cleaned out. There were a couple of engines in there, one a 292 from a truck, she couldn't remember what the other one was. Did I know anyone who would be interested in them? I knew he had a 427 core engine, so I got excited! Well, I went to look, and the "other" one was a stovebolt 6. I offered her a small amount of money, and she took it. Brought them home and unloaded them yesterday. The Y has no block casting number, one head is a C1TE and the other is 113. I had visions of a forged crank, but when I pulled the flywheel I found a notch and in the recess was no dot. I doubt if it has C1TE or C2AE rods. The block has a side breather, so it is probably an early one, not a C2AE. It has ECG rockers and the spindly early pushrods. At least it has a truck timing cover and front mount, also a truck pan. Interestingly, the water pump has a C8TE casting number, I didn't know Ford made new WP castings after '64. The distributor is the '57-'59 type with the ball bearing point plate. Anybody need anything off it? It is STUCK.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"