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10-08-2003 08:01 PM #4
engine finds
I was looking for an engine core to build up for a friend's Connie'. I went to a little salvage yard in the country because they said they had lots of Ford engines.
The pulled a 460 out of a MarkIV, and I saw the block was cracked at the water jacket.
They called the next day, they had pulled three more engines for me to look at.
I looked at the first, a 460; the second was an FE, and the third was a Cleveland.
The 460 turned out to be a 429 Thunderjet whick we rebuilt and installed in his Connie.
The FE was a 406 side-oiler from a '64 Fairlane that I sold to finance the third engine...a 351 Cleveland 4V that I stroked and put in my f100.
oooohhh...394 cubes of big port, big valve, heavy breathing FORD.
Anyway, that yard closed and all the remaining cars were crushed. What a huge loss to all gearheads. Dammit!Ensure that the path of least resistance is not you...
I didn't know him but followed his posts. True hotrodder, he will be missed. RIP 34_40 MIKE. Condolence to the Mrs. Nolan
We Lost a Good One