I finally found my 429 engine and its a D0VE block with C8VE heads. It came with a tunnel ram which i will not use , so as part of the process I pulled it off and found the date code in the lifter valley. It was 0A9 . My book says this means that the block was cast in, 0=1970 , A= January , 9 = day of month.
So it was born Jan 9th 1970. I guess this means that I will have to get out the Southern comfort ,put a party hat on it and wish it a Happy Birthday !
What other ford engines do you think I should invite ? Only big blocks?
