Thread: Help with Identification

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Guys Thanks I know you get tons of these request.
A moment to introduce. I currently enjoy the Jeeping aspect of motoring hobby
As a teenager I built a 69 Mustang fastback Mach 1 interior with some help from a couple of ford mechanics using a 410 CID 390 gt heads I think I had a crane cam about 480/500???? lift and 270 duration Eldebrock intake and Holley 780 backed by a C6 and 9" with 3.50's honestly as a kid it was a screamer sadly too much of one and I wrecked it.
When I first aquired the 410 and disassembled it it had two different heads on it one C8AE-R and a C6AE-U and a Ford aluminum intake with nothing other than the FOMOCO and firing order on it. It is a fairly low rising manifold with the EGR provision in the back.
I still have the heads and intake and would like to know if they are worth anything or are they just scrap???
My son is looking for a '67-'72 pick up and they might end up on that if they are worth matching. The head obviously have different port dimensions.

Thanks for any help

The intake is certainly worth keeping. Look for a mate to the best of the two heads, mismatched heads are a no-no!
The R head is a "special racing" one, it's probably the better of the two, though I have no listing for a U designator, maybe a factory replacement head?

I would say the R head is a C6AE-R not a C8AE-R. The C6AE-R are the larger port lowrisers. The C6AE-U is the newer velocity port (smog) design w/smaller ports. Could have been a mismatch from the factory or just a replacement somewhere along the line. 66 was the change over year from the lowriser heads to the newer smog heads. Intake sounds like a early aluminum lowriser version. I'd look for another R head and let your son use them with the intake. Those heads are pretty common and somewhat easy to find. Better than the C6AE-U heads too.