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		engine id help 
		Howdy, 
 I am working on restoring an old pickup and am having a few problems id'ing the motor in it. My uncle had this truck before me and he swears up and down that the motor is a Ford 390. He said that he pulled it out of his mom's old station wagon when he was in high school. I believed him at first but now after researching am having some doubts.
 here are some numbers off of it:
 timing cover: C8AE-6059-B
 Intake manifold: C9AE9425-B
 heads between the center spark plugs: C8AE-H
 
 going off the numbers off the heads one site online told me that it might be a '68  427.  I have no idea. any thoughts?
 
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		Lot of Ford guys here, but I found out a little information. These heads show to be 360,390 or maybe just maybe 428. I do not believe they are 427 Heads.
 
 These casting number heads were used in all three of these motors. If they were on a 428 then they will have 14 bolt exhaust mounting surface.
 
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		ok i see what you mean. i havnt pulled off the exhaust manifolds yet. but i guess the only reall way to see what it is would be to pull the plugs and check the stroke or pull the heads off 
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		Checking the bore and stroke is the most accurate way to determine what the engine is...the Ford part number system in the FE days was a bit less then definitive, to say the least! 
 
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		Yes, Check the bore & stroke. 427s had cross bolt mains. (And about half of the 406s). Looking at the block for cross bolts will tell you if you've got a 427. (Well give you a good clue, as they can be added to any FE nowadays). What's the casting number on the block? Screw in or press in freeze plugs?