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Old 02-15-2019, 12:13 PM   #13
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Default Re: 1955 T-Bird early(1954) VIN

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Originally Posted by slumlord44 View Post
An early '55 I would put back to stock or close it. There are no matching engine numbers on a Y block so any block will do. Easiest way to get all tht T Bird engine parts is to look for a complete engine that somone has pulled to install something else. The come up occasionaly. I would make it a 312 to make it interesting. Doing all the body work would make it affordable. Most of us don't do this to get rich.


But there are casting numbers that are specific for certain model years, and foundry date codes on the castings. That is the Ford Y-Blocks version of numbers matching.


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