Technical need help identifying an engine

Traditionally back in the day pre 64. there weren't too many folks who wanted those Y blocks they all had the well do***ented oiling problems. When I worked at the salvage yard in the 60,s they sold for $25 to $50. And engine swaps where pretty common in the fords especially in Pickups. the nailhead was a favorite along with olds and Pontiac mills. There where lots of Cadillac engines swapped in the trucks. JC Whitney sold adaptors to mate just about any engine to the various ford trans. In my hoard I have a 322 nailhead that was swapped into a 53 ford back in the day. It has a offenhauser adaptor. I got it when it was pulled from the truck to swap in a 429 and 6 auto. I know where a 56 ford truck is at. first looked at it over 50 years ago. it has a 389 tin indian and 4 speed hydro. I started out with Y blocks and quickly learned there where much better mills that would run better & longer much cheaper. I just bought a 62 T bird 390 four bbl engine. even if I have to rework it. In stock form it will make more HP than a rebuilt Y block and cost less. I have decided that the 390 need to be put in my 55 ford wagon.

 

i really enjoyed my 239 y block in my 54, a lot less power, maintaining was easy though. i think they can make okay power with a cam and headers, a lot more than the flathead that was originally in my 47. its just seeming to me that the 394 olds i have would be better suited making the 53 ford into a hot rod with the updated suspension and the 292 would make a cool rod out of my 47 ford. so many different ways i could arrange all the parts haha

 

here she is!

 

That appears to be a Crossover 292. It has a single exhaust that used a crossover pipe at the front of the engine. someone has blocked off one side and made the drivers side pipe go down in front to make a dual exhaust. I don't think its 4 bbl . looks like a 2 bbl autolite carb. Its likely a low hp stock 2 bbl truck engine.

 

Back in the day the problem they had with using the buick and olds transmissions was the torque tube driveling. That's why they usually adapted to the original stick trans.

 

that makes sense!

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/47-coupe-build.1133545/

 

Yep, looks like a early '60s truck version. If it's missing the road draft tube/cannister behind the fuel pump on the block, that will confirm it (there will be a unmachined pad).

It may have been rebuilt too. Ford didn't paint their motors all blue until '66 or '67, the early '60s usually had black long blocks with color-coded valve covers denoting engine size and/or HP. You may find a rebuilder tag somewhere if you look...

 

You can possibly check the piston tops with a pore scope to see if they are oversize. Blue paint signifies either a later rebuild or a paint job. Definitely looks like a later Y Block motor as Old Wolf said and been converted to the cheap dual exhaust.

 

Looks like an Autolite 2100 or 4100. Dang it Oliver!!! All threads must have m*** quan***ies of pics!!!

 

years ago we often ran into some weird rebuilt engines. they bored out to whatever cleaned up the cyls. you might find 2 or more different oversize pistons. stuff like one cyl -020 and the next .040. and it seemed to be the most common with Y blocks.