I have a friend with an intake cast at the Ford plant in Sheffield, Ala. We think it's magnesium. It weights 15.8 lbs. Ford logo and Sheffield logo cast on the runner. XE-63427 which we think is 1963 427. Cast on the bottom near the distributor is the number XE-63428. Someone painted it yellow.
Sheffield, Ala was one of Ford aluminum casing plant. We know that Paul worked there and brought this piece home.
The bottom has been welded in. Maybe at the plant or someone did it after Paul got it. We don't know. But I don't think Paul did anything to it but put it on the shelf in his garage.
Paul passed away a couple of years ago so we can't ask him. He was a big collector of Ford and Shelby stuff. Also Corvette stuff. Very private. Only special people were invited to see his collection.
Can anyone help us identify this intake?
I have a lot of picture that I could email you if you need to get a better look.
Dwight
algunruner@aol.com
