The T is for Truck which I have tried to explain.

The problem for this thread is proper ID of the 2 nd character

 

was just throwin it out there, for the know.

looks like a 6 to me too. I would take some +200 grit sand paper on a flat block and scuff the top of the letters shiny to show them better.

 

it is REALLY hard because a t-bird is only 5 inches off the ground so we have it up on ramps but it doesnt make it to much higher, I will respond hopefully tomorrow with all the right stuff...sorry guys for lack of info just work has been keeping me WAY busy till late at night and so when I get home im tired to go do it for my dad sorry guys again for lack of info I'll post when I have it all figured out

 

What are the casting numbers on the intake and heads as well ?

You don't have to crawl under for them

 

nope million still had to get under :-) its to compact to get it lol
alright guys i got you numbers yes I did and some pics

Ok so here is a number that is infront of the carb - 3E 10 then it has a : right underneath it goes C3AE9425B that is the clearest i could make it the best I could

Ok this is off the exhaust manifold no way you could see it better 2A1O (poss 9) then undearneath it goes C1AE9430-D

than I rolled on over with meh handy creep to the oil filter and right next to it where the oil pan is this little guy appeared with 4C12

alright :-/ my camera is messed up and the only clear pics that came are from the far ones so yea

this is the whole engine


she put the thunderbird covers from a 66 t-bird on a 58 t-bird with a what type of engine!?

this is where i found the 3E 10 Number and the other


you can almost see the numbers

The lady listed it as a 352 but its def not and she mixed everything from different engines it is utterly stupid

I PRAY these numbers figure this out :-( because im confused, and the casting number is so demented the one we cant figure out that it looks like a 6 but could be an 8 and the only reason I came on the 73-79 forum is because I was told by everyone else it was a 78 engine.
Thanks for the help


EDIT: Sorry for typos im tired, and the spark plugs go like \\// as you can tell mil1ion :-)

 

brentleedragon said:
Ok so here is a number that is in front of the carb - 3E 10

Part cast May 10th 1963

Then it has a : right underneath it goes C3AE9425B that is the clearest i could make it the best I could

Intake Manifold: Part designed for 1963 (Large Ford Car) Galaxie with ONE change up (B)

Ok this is off the exhaust manifold no way you could see it better 2A1O (poss 9)

Part cast January 10,1962
then undearneath it goes C1AE9430-D

Exhaust Manifold : Part designed for 1961 ( A = Large Ford car) Galaxie with One change-up


than I rolled on over with me handy creep to the oil filter and right next to it where the oil pan is this little guy appeared with
4C12

Truck Engine block > Part cast March 12th,in a year that ends in 4.


Still need the 2nd character on the block number

 

i know its a fe block, just not sure what size. i believe its a 352, but could be any fe motor.

 

Sorry, It's not a 352.


The block is a 70's Truck block. Probably a 1976 360 or 390

The 352 was phased out before then.

The actual truth of the engine will be the 2nd digit and more importantly measuring the stroke or ID'ing the crankshaft.

 

opp's forgot about the year.

 

Dennis with that date casting code it would almost for an assuredly make it March 12th 1974 (since we know for a fact it's a 70s block with the D as the first charactor in the other casting number) which would fit with the other casting number bieng D3TE instead of a 8 in the second position which is a common misreading of the numbers. Meaning it would a 74 truck block.

Of coarse that still doesn't tell you if it's a 360 or a 390 only the crank will clarify that.

 

alright so tonight when I get home I will do everything I can to get that number clearer so I can find it out....
thanks for all the help

 

Dennis with that date casting code it would almost for an assuredly make it March 12th 1974 (since we know for a fact it's a 70s block with the D as the first charactor in the other casting number) which would fit with the other casting number bieng D3TE instead of a 8 in the second position which is a common mis-reading of the numbers. Meaning it would a 74 truck block.
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That is my thought

But I hate to assume things

 

I am trying to figure out, it is like something is melted over it like solder or something.... ive sanded it with 200 grit sand paper, that should make it go over, wire brush, degreaser and stuff, it is like some idiot decided they didnt want anyone else to know the engine blah! I am might have to chizel what ever is melted over it out and try to follow it and see what number it makes

 

Try the bar of soap method or the carbon paper method

 

oh boy bar of soap DOI lol i think i might even have carbon paper in my garage, but I dont want to go down to the garage right now i am tired from working all day on my day off


Edit: Dennis I wasnt making fun of you, if it came off that way, I was saying doi not sarcasitcally but why didnt I think of that