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Thanks for the info John. I kind of figured that was the answer. But it is nice to know.

Well, Yeah, John, I'll buy that. In Canada they might have put in the 312's. I know that Ford of Canada did things differently. By the way my 96 Lincoln Contiental Annniversary car was produced...

TD, you must be looking at the wrong book. the 312 wasn 't offered in the 58 Merc. Only the 383 and the 430, period. 59 offered the 312 as the basic motor , but very few Merc's came off the...

Denny,

My "The Complete Ford Book" (Peterson Publishing Company, Copyright 1970) list the 383 in two versions and the 430 in three versions for the Lincoln and Mercury for 1958. I know the...

58 Merc's used the MEL 383 and some may have come through with the 430. Hard to tell from my book. But no Y Blocks and no FE's. The 383 and 430 does use the same bellhousing pattern as the FE's...