Block ID please?
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Paul Thompson 'Hooligan'
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'Googled' it and came up with lots - including:
The following information is from the Ford Y-Block Site (Ford part numbers) and others including: (68.48.48.131/~djhamma/partnumb.htm#Ford), (wantabe.com), and (www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5505/castings.htm). Some of the information in the various web pages conflicts but I think the following is the correct interpretation.
Engineering (on the part) part number C80E-6015-A
C - Decade code - C = 1960 decade was the first decade for this part
8 - Year code - 8 = 1968 was the first year for this part
O - Application code - O = Intermediate sedan - Fairlane, Torino
E - Part category code - E = Engine part
6015 - Part identifier - 6015 = Engine block
A - Sequential design revision - A = First release
Date Code 7F5W
7 - Year code - 7 = 1977 or 1987 or 1997
F - Month code - F = June
5W - Should be a two-digit number to indicate the day of month. E.g., 05 - fifth day of month, 22 - 22nd day of month, etc. Have also seen references that indicate the single digit 5 is the fifth day and the W is the shift. One reference indicates the W might be for Windsor, as in 351 Windsor.
Might help but I have not checked accuracy...
The following information is from the Ford Y-Block Site (Ford part numbers) and others including: (68.48.48.131/~djhamma/partnumb.htm#Ford), (wantabe.com), and (www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Downs/5505/castings.htm). Some of the information in the various web pages conflicts but I think the following is the correct interpretation.
Engineering (on the part) part number C80E-6015-A
C - Decade code - C = 1960 decade was the first decade for this part
8 - Year code - 8 = 1968 was the first year for this part
O - Application code - O = Intermediate sedan - Fairlane, Torino
E - Part category code - E = Engine part
6015 - Part identifier - 6015 = Engine block
A - Sequential design revision - A = First release
Date Code 7F5W
7 - Year code - 7 = 1977 or 1987 or 1997
F - Month code - F = June
5W - Should be a two-digit number to indicate the day of month. E.g., 05 - fifth day of month, 22 - 22nd day of month, etc. Have also seen references that indicate the single digit 5 is the fifth day and the W is the shift. One reference indicates the W might be for Windsor, as in 351 Windsor.
Might help but I have not checked accuracy...
It has the displacement stamped in the lifter valley. Unless its a late model 5.0. And this isn't.
Having re-read a couple of books, from about 67 the blocks were identical. The 289 had a 302 block but 289 internals.
"The 320 blocks appeared for the first time late in the 1967 model year as 289 engines with casting numbers beginning C8AE and C8OE, sporting a 302 in the valley area. It is not uncommon to find a 302 block that was cast and assembled during the summer of 1967 as a 289ci engine."
That was taken from "High Performance Ford Engine Parts Interchange"
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