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@wcode70

have you had any luck getting your 429SCJ Mach I back?

Sent you a PM.

wcode70,
I hope that you did look at the main caps to see if they were HiPo ?
John

At first I thought they were hipo but after a closer look at some caps on ebay.. I think they are just regular 289 caps as they weren't as thick, top to bottom, as the ones in the link.

http://www.mustangtek.com/block/C5AE-6015-EHipo.html

Congrats on finding ur block. Moments like that are memorable.
I've "been there."

Thanks Bill, very pleasantly surprised to find that SCJ block.  I figured it had been melted down 40 years ago and was part of a bunch of Toyotas today.

False alarm...  Went to look at the block for myself yesterday and no hand stamped vin to be found.  Block had been sandblasted and was clean as a hounds tooth so it wasn't hid under any gunk.

Casting numbers were C5AE 6015E  with a 6C14 date code.  Maybe a service block?

Only hand stamped numbers were on the machined surface where the oil pan bolts up.  CPA 04  and  6O14C.

Man said he was told it came out of a 350 and claims to have pictures of the engine being removed but like I told him maybe it was originally blown in 1966 and was replaced with a service block in 67.  Who knows what could have happened 50 years ago. The owner of the 350 at the time of the blocks alleged replacement was Lon Hill who is now deceased.  I have no clue whether the car was a 65 or 66 but it was white with blue stripes when I saw it.

Sorry to get anyone's hopes up but figured I owe it to my Shelby friends to check it out and at least try to reunite the block with the car if it was in fact a true story.  I don't believe there were any nefarious intentions on the old mans part he was simply repeating what he had been told.  I found my decades gone original block for my SCJ Sportsroof last summer and only hoped to provide a similarly joyous experience to some 350 owner somewhere.

He said it is vin stamped so we will see on Monday. Thanks

Thanks to all for the feedback and messages.  I called the guy this morning and have set a meeting for Monday to go take a look.  It's about 40 miles from me.  Based on what the guy said it is allegedly the original block from a car I had all but forgotten about.  According to the blocks current owner, the 350's original block had a crack and was replaced with a date correct block.  The man said the block has been repaired and he bought it in a garage clean out type scenario.  I have no use for it and only hope to see it reunited with the car.

The back story...  About 15 years ago, a Chevy guy I have known for decades, asked me one day if I knew, so and so?  I will leave names out for now.  I didn't, but he said since you are both Ford guys you need to know him.  So a few weeks latter I paid the guy a visit telling him our mutual friend, Waymon, said we should meet.  There was this beautiful GT350 in his shop but I understood him to say it belonged to a customer but the guy that currently owns the block says the 350 in fact belonged to him.  Maybe he was just being cautious not wanting to admit it was his.

Anyway.. We talked for 30 minutes or so and the guy with the Shelby told me he specialized in undercarriage restorations and was expecting a BOSS 429 to come in for work the next week so being a former B9 owner that really got my attention.  I am in a rural area of Southern Illinois and was surprised that all this was taking place right under my nose as I only lived about 5 miles away.  Unfortunately, the guy was apparently a heavy drinker as every time I would pass a local tavern his red Bronco was sitting there and I never got to see the BOSS 9 since he was never home.  He ended up dying maybe 4-5 years ago so I would have to assume the 350 was sold.  So... maybe the current owner of the 350 will recognize my clues.  Boondocks of Southern Illinois...red Bronco...  I love a good adventure so will report back on Monday after I see what he has.

A local guy has a "289 hypo block" for sale, so the ad says, that he claims came out of a 65 GT350.  I don't know anything about early Shelbys but wondered if there is any way to identify a genuine Shelby block.  Blocks weren't vin stamped till 68? were they?  Any other markings that could authenticate?

Didn't see these posted so I thought I would.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKJzC3Z-XpU


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CThySPiBzTw

I bought a 9000lb capacity Revolution which is made by Rotary.  Unfortunately it won't fit within the space you have to work with.  Maybe a trimmed down version is available from some manufacturer but they all seem to be about the same size and my posts are basically 10' x 16' center to center.  Below is a link to the model I bought and a picture of my lift.  One of those things you'll wonder how you ever lived without one once you get one.  Good luck!!  Edit...just looked at the Revolution 8000lb lift in the link and it looks like it will fit in your space but unless your other car you want to park underneath is a GT40 I don't think the height will work for you with either lift.

http://www.revolutionlift.com/RFP9-9000-Pound-Capacity-Four-Post-Lift-P2C4.aspx

http://www.revolutionlift.com/RFP8-8000-Pound-Capacity-Four-Post-Lift-P24C4.aspx

Here is my 2014.

current car



former car

I took these pictures Summer of 80 at a Decatur, Illinois car show.  Root beer color??  Always wondered if it was a special paint car.

I don't think hood pins/locks were optional on any 1970 Mustang, however, they were standard on a 70 Mach.