429 engine in pickups
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429 engine in pickups
Did Ford put 429s in any pickups? I'm looking at a 1979 F350 Camper Special that the seller claims has a 429. It's the extra long wheelbase model with the spare tire well in the rightside accessed through a door in the bedside.
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They put it in the heavy trucks but never in the light ones as far as I know. probably it's a 460 or someone put a 429 in place of a 400.
Both the 429 and the 460 are 385 series engines and they're both good ones.
Both the 429 and the 460 are 385 series engines and they're both good ones.
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The 1969/73 429 looks exactly the same as the 1971/79 460, because both used the same engine block.* The bore is the same, the stroke is different.
429: 1969/71 Thunderbird // 1969/73 Ford/Merc Passenger Cars // 1979/90's 600 and larger series trucks.
Most sellers haven't a single clue what size the engine is.
*Note: TWO different 460's were used in 1979. The harmonic balancer and flexplate are specific to one or the other.
Block casting number: D1VE-6015-AB, A1B, A2B .. Internal balance: 1971/73 429, 1971/78 460, some 1979 460.
Block casting number: D9TE-6015-AB .. External balance, has a weighted crank spacer: Some 1979 460, 1980/97 460.
The 4th digit of the VIN is the engine code. 1979 F350 2WD: H = 351M 2V / J = 460 4V / S = 400 2V
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That's what I was thinking, that somebody put the 429 in to replace a 400. The seller claims he got the truck from the widow of the guy that worked on it. It's at a used car lot-hotrod shop-junkyard. I may go back and look at it again and drive it. The guy told me it has a cam? in it, no info on what cam. It has long tube headers and a full 3" dual exhaust all the way back to the bumper.
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