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Originally Posted by 38 coupe
Your engine block sounds like a 41A unit to me. Post war 221 replacement blocks with most but not all external features of the 59 blocks. No core plug in the oil pan rail, no raised intake, flush exhaust ports, passes the pencil test.
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Except people are saying it does have a raised intake. So that seems to make it a 41-42.
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Originally Posted by fortyfords
This may help to see the raised block line for the intake.
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I'm going to eventually take off the fenders, and some of the engine items, so I can paint it. That should give me better access to check that out. I want to temporarily remove the original heater to do this, as that thing blocks a lot of the angles to get photos. I know my engine doesn't have that nub raised dot on the shoulder flat area in your photo.
This photo below (from the other side of the engine from your photo) does seem to look like yours with the raised section:
