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Originally Posted by ford38v8
The "raised deck" is a semantics issue. The deck is at the same height as any other flathead deck, it's only the rough casting that was adjusted a bit thinner at the area surrounding the deck. There have been heated arguments in years past as to the blocks this feature applied to and which it did not apply to. Some say it was Mercury only, some say not. The rule of thumb when talking about Ford is it's usually safe to say that when it comes to Ford, never say never and never say always.
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The "raised intake or depressed block" didn't show up until 1941.
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