[blykins]

That may be true, Ford made all kinds of freak engines....but the majority of the 427's and 406's that I've seen had screw in plugs and cross bolted main caps. The S/O's have the plug in the front.

I'm not driving 2.5 hours just to spend 30 seconds looking at this engine. If it's got a special motor in it, then I can about guarantee that someone would have snagged it by now and it wouldn't have been priced for $3000.

There has been "barn finds" and sweet deals...but I highly doubt this is one of them.

Who knows, I could very well eat my words....but the time and trouble wasn't really worth it to me if it wasn't a side oiler.