Block C6ME-A, Engine identification
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Block C6ME-A, Engine identification
I have recently acquired a 1937 Ford 5 window coupe which was an older rod project. It sets on an old Ford truck frame and has a Ford big block power plant with an auto trans. My goal is to find the specifications for the engine. This is the info I have:
Block cast no. C6ME-A, Date code 6H5
Intake man. C7TE9426E 6H4
RH Cyl. head C6AE-Y
RH Exhaust man. C6AE9430-A, 8 bolt, vert. alignment.
LH Cyl. head C7AE-A
LH Exhaust man. C3SE9431-B, 8 bolt, vert. alignment.
Autolite Distributor, C7AF 12127 Y, (5 or 6)H8
Autolite Carb. Tag C7AFAK, B6HB (2 barrel)
Unsure of the tranny model, can't find a number...
The engine is currently stuck, but ran when parked some 25 years ago. I am undecided weather to rebuild this engine or replace it with another.
I am replacing the truck frame with an aftermarket rod frame.
Also what reading material is recommended for identification and rebuild.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you, Don
Block cast no. C6ME-A, Date code 6H5
Intake man. C7TE9426E 6H4
RH Cyl. head C6AE-Y
RH Exhaust man. C6AE9430-A, 8 bolt, vert. alignment.
LH Cyl. head C7AE-A
LH Exhaust man. C3SE9431-B, 8 bolt, vert. alignment.
Autolite Distributor, C7AF 12127 Y, (5 or 6)H8
Autolite Carb. Tag C7AFAK, B6HB (2 barrel)
Unsure of the tranny model, can't find a number...
The engine is currently stuck, but ran when parked some 25 years ago. I am undecided weather to rebuild this engine or replace it with another.
I am replacing the truck frame with an aftermarket rod frame.
Also what reading material is recommended for identification and rebuild.
Any assistance will be greatly appreciated!
Thank you, Don
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First digit is decade, C = 1960s
Second is year: 3 = 1963, 6 = 1966, 7 = 1967, etc
Third is division: M = Mercury, T = Truck, A = Fullsize Galaxie etc
Fourth is Engineering: E = Engine
Since the newest number you have is '67, IF IF IF this was pulled out of a car and plopped in your rod unmolested, it's probably a '67 2bbl 352 or 390.
It might also be a truck engine. IF it's a 390 2v from a car, it should have something like 9.2 compression. The block number makes me think it's a regular fuel 2v 390, as the M for Mercury makes me think that, the regular fuel 390 2v was intro'd in '66 (iirc based on the hours looking at the owner's manual in our '66 wagon)
Tranny:
All aluminum, C6 & this would point to it being a car engine.
Aluminum bell, cast trans, Cruise-O-Matic, could be truck engine.
If it's locked up, it has to come apart.
Numberdummy will be by to debunk any bad info and shed more light.
Second is year: 3 = 1963, 6 = 1966, 7 = 1967, etc
Third is division: M = Mercury, T = Truck, A = Fullsize Galaxie etc
Fourth is Engineering: E = Engine
Since the newest number you have is '67, IF IF IF this was pulled out of a car and plopped in your rod unmolested, it's probably a '67 2bbl 352 or 390.
It might also be a truck engine. IF it's a 390 2v from a car, it should have something like 9.2 compression. The block number makes me think it's a regular fuel 2v 390, as the M for Mercury makes me think that, the regular fuel 390 2v was intro'd in '66 (iirc based on the hours looking at the owner's manual in our '66 wagon)
Tranny:
All aluminum, C6 & this would point to it being a car engine.
Aluminum bell, cast trans, Cruise-O-Matic, could be truck engine.
If it's locked up, it has to come apart.
Numberdummy will be by to debunk any bad info and shed more light.
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