Barn Find, Ford 427 dual quad top end

C6 part numbers relate to 66 while C3 and C4 relate to 63 and 64. Later built parts would indicate a later build date and part number. Certain years are worth more than others....

 

Well, I got a truck load. Doesn't seem to be Tunnel port as the intake prots are rectangular. It did come with lots of other stuff though. oil pan and windage tray, 390 block & crank, 3 more cranks, piston set, rod set, valve covers, 3 or 4 factory fuel filters, new aluminium flywheel & clutch set, Found the base to the factory airfilter, very happy about that. all sorts of Misc. parts including some hipo 289 things.
I did see the trans, not being a ford guy, it looked like a ford trans to me, Cast iron case, thing must weigh a ton. The guy says its worth a couple of g's. It's still there.
I'll get som pix & casting numbers up a little later.

Cheers!

Matt

 

Without pics and part numbers, i'm calling BS

 

Well, here's the first 2 pix. This is what I first saw when I started looking around... more to come!

 

Good Poop!

 

Is there a roof on that building?

Let me guess ... the heads are resting on the roof.

I'm not saying nothing can be saved ... just "what a shame".

I'll bet those cast manifolds are worth something. They almost look like factory "headers". Nice stuff.

 

Heads are C4AE something 60901-? Pistons are kinda odd looking, Fomoco Pn 3af6110aa....heres more pix for the non believers

 

The guy said that was a factory cool can? never heard of such a thing. a few more pix. Are these the special Fuel Filters mentioned?

Also where should I look at the Y block for numbers to see what it is?

thanks!

Matt

 

where`s the rest of the 427????

 

Block is long gone, chucked a rod, ventilated one of the cylinders... a sleeve would have fixed it but back in those days... sux really

 

Jes....holy... what th...cra.... DAMN!!! I hope you stole it and make a fortune from a dillweed that would leave parts like that out to rot.

 

Factory cool can... I don't think so.

The top of that cool can looks like a Moroso. I have one in my Stocker Ford.

 

Intake is PN C5AE-9425-E

Carbs are C3AF-9510-BK
LIST- 2805
492
And
C3AF-2804-BJ
LIST - 2804
492

I think everything important has been rescued in time. The heads are going to be fine, carbs too, they are totally complete with all linkages, Headers are in great shape, exhaust manifolds are pitted but have no cracks breaks or welds.
I was told the manifolds are '65 Galaxie and the MT headers were in the '64 comet

Just like Christmas came early!

 

Yeah, when I first saw the stuff, I cringed. everything was wrapped in plastic bags at one point and safe. Hell, I asked the guy to just please put it inside somewhere, that was before I even asked about buying it. The headers & monifolds were in another section out of the weather as was the 390 engine that came with it. well thats just a block & crank...

 

Should be C4AE-6090- with a letter suffix on the end, not a number. The suffix is critical to IDing the head. I have a 428 in my off-topic car, lots of FE info around here, trying to find a number like that with an "I" on the end, coming up empty. I will keep looking, see what i can come up with.

 

2 Cranks, C4AE B is stamped on them both. One has oil grooves in the main journals.
Have to take the block round to the shop tonight

 

How about ' H " ? I think it is a H

 

yes, I was thinking the same thing. looks like an H.

 

The heads have an "H" for the suffix, not an "I". Is there a stamped number on the intake near the thermostat housing (it'd be the date code)? The heads have an August 7 64 (4H7)date code, for an early 65 Galaxie. The M/T headers' bolt pattern aren't for those heads, maybe later GT/CJ heads (using their diagonal holes). Fuel filters are valuable if they're for a 3/8" fuel line. Nice find, Rod. BTW, the cast headers are worth alot also whether they're 63/64 or 65 (probably 65)

 

C3AE-6090-J and later C4AE-6090-H This was the last variation for 1964-1965 application and would be correct for 427 low-riser.

 

Those bumps were meant to push the valves closed when they floated, rather than bending them.

 

Yup, thats what I came up with, 64/65 low riser.

 

Also correct, as bizarre as it sounds.

 

Weird... Fun to learn about tho. Yes, looking at the headers, no way they are for this. BB Chevy is staggered, I'll take em over to the shop tonight & see if they match up there...
Both of the fule filters are for 3/8 lines.

 

Headers actually look like a 351cleveland Bolt pattern.
Kurt

 

I was just going to type, 351C 4 barrel.

Left head

 

Looks like a Tunnel Wedge manifold. M/R, very desireable.With that manifold and 660,s and a big roller 8500 is not a problem. Except for the rods...I know for a fact.

 

IIRC, the "492" on the carbs mean "4"=year (64), "9"=month (Sept), and "2"=week (2nd week of September, 1964). The original car could've been built shortly thereafter. Note: 64 was a contract renewal year at the UAW plants, But I don't recall Ford being a strike target, probably GM, JMO, Rod.

 

I disagree. Runners are too rectangular to be a tunnel-wedge and no evidence of air space around them either, Rod.

 

Tunnel wedge is single-plane.