>Hey Rogerf100. Sorry I can't help you. But I do have a
>question that you might be able to help me with.
>
>I have a 77 F-150 I am about 80% finished restoreing. I
>also have a 79 F-150 I haven't started on yet. I am going
>to pull the 351m out of my 77 and pull the 460 out of my 79
>and put it in my 77. I have a set of 429 heads I need to
>have rebuilt. I was wondering if you know a good machine
>shop that is ford oriented?
>
>Thank you.

RogerF100
'55 F100

I used 2 different shops for my 292. I took my heads to Cylinder Head Specialists on Reno in OKC. They did a great job with a pair of rusty old heads and the price was reasonable. They had to replace all valve seats and 3 valves. He understood that they were hard to find heads and needed to be rebuilt for my project. I used the heads from 1958 that have the large valves and high compression.

I used Folks Auto Machine Shop in Norman for the rest of the machine work. Again they have good prices and they take extra care. They will work with you and do just what you ask but will also recommend things you might not have thought about. I thought I would just have the block and crank work done, but they pointed out that I should bring in the flywheel and pressure plate so they could balance them with the crank. While the flywheel was in the shop I had them resurface it. The total was $595. Folks only takes cash or checks, no credit cards. Cylinder Head Specialists only takes cash.

Hope this helps.