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Fortunateson · 04-03-2021, 10:01 PM

I have a '50 C8BA block that had the C8CM heads on both sides, a four bolt intake, and a Merc crank and had never been bored.
My best guess is that they were short a proper Merc block and just put all the Merc guts in to satisfy the Merc it was to be matched to as the basic block was used for both Ford and Mercs. The block came out of a Merc.

So who knows for sure what happened on the assembly line back in the day...

04-03-2021, 10:01 PM	#19
Fortunateson Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 523	Re: 1cm I have a '50 C8BA block that had the C8CM heads on both sides, a four bolt intake, and a Merc crank and had never been bored. My best guess is that they were short a proper Merc block and just put all the Merc guts in to satisfy the Merc it was to be matched to as the basic block was used for both Ford and Mercs. The block came out of a Merc. So who knows for sure what happened on the assembly line back in the day...