Originally Posted by
BigPigDaddy
My engine is a
223. The casting on the block is C1AE-6015-K.
1960/64 Passenger Car 223 I-6. The 262 I-6 block (1961/64) would not have a C1AE casting number. I'm not sure if the 1960/64 223 truck engine has a different casting number...or not.
Did'ja all notice the head/valve cover? In 1960, FoMoCo changed both, the valve cover is retained to the head with 8 bolts around its perimeter.
1952/53 215, 1954/59 223: Two studs protrude thru the valve cover, acorn nuts/washers are used to retain it to the head.
Casting number are foundry marks, cannot be cross referenced to Ford part numbers and there's
no such thing as numbers matching on any FoMoCo product of this era (not until the mid 1980's).
Numbers matching is a GM thing.
The 223 exhaust manifold is the same 1954/64 Passenger Car/Truck. But, is almost impossible to find, as its very prone to cracking.
It's possible that someone stuck that can on the back of the starter to protect the Bendix inertia type starter drive. When unwound, it takes muscle to rewind it.
The 223 was the standard equipment engine: 1954/64 F100/600, 1958/60 Edsel "price leader" Ranger models, 1954/64 Ford full sized Passenger Cars.
Originally Posted by MSGTMIKE1
I think my 1955 Model P35 Delivery Truck has this engine.
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What you have is a P350 (3/4 ton) P Series Parcel Delivery. Commonly referred to as a "bread truck" because so many bakeries used them.
The P Series is essentially the same 1953/77. 1953/55's are 6V positive ground, 1956/77 are 12V negative ground. Engine/trans changes were made in 1965.