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I am seeing this route to be easiest and cheapest. It's probably what I will do :) Thanks !
Yea, you are correct sir. I had leaned towards getting a big block very cheap and building it over a period of time. It looks like, for the money,...
I will pm you
Ok, sounds great. Thanks!
I just talked to a guy at Detroit hot rod shop in Plymouth Michigan and he said what most of y'all guys are saying about parts availability. He...
Pump it up !! 4 barrel and headers and as much as I can afford to upgrade. It is for my 64 Galaxie which has a real good running 302 but I want to...
Here are 2 pictures of the 430 MEL. It is from a 62 Lincoln, now in a 60's truck.
I'm really liking the idea of the 430. I may go look at it tomorrow and I'll know more. Thanks for your input :)
It looks like the 429 deal may not work out as the guy doesn't respond back to numerous messages. Oh well. Thank you to all y'all who have...
One of those would be very nice to have !
How cool is that !!
What if I have no way of knowing if it is a running engine other than taking the guys word (if he even gets back with me at all)? I'd hate to lose...
Still waiting on the 429 guy to get back. I hope it ain't a scam. He shows me very little sign it's not tho :(
I had a little video of the 430 running but I can't figure out how to upload it
I'm kind of having a hard time getting the guy to respond to me who has the 429. I'm not completely sure it's even legitimate. I have almost...
The 430 is a good running motor right now. No overheat issues nor leaks I'm told. It's still in the truck which we may go drive tomorrow and see...
I have been considering all options you guys have thrown out there for me. I did run across 2 engines I am interested in. One is a MEL 430 from a...
I like this idea. I need to head to Nashville, good excuse to go ! Thanks !
Thank you for this good insight, plus a thanks to all who have contributed their thoughts on this ol 64 Galaxie!
That's some pretty awesome information right there. I appreciate that so very much! I will look a little closer and see what I have here :)
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I am so grateful for all your suggestions on the 64. The engine was changed by a PO to a 302, that I am pretty certain of.
I was thinking somewhere around your $ estimate too. I am weighing my options as all y'all have advised.
I have no idea what the gear ratio is but it's probably the factory gears most likely
The 390 is one of my dream engines so I will keep hoping :)
Great to know this, maybe that is a good option
Yes sir, sounds good !
I appreciate the advice, I need to hear what you guys have to say
I have been pricing a few engines out and will keep looking at the differences in cost of replacement vs upgrade the 302. Thanks for helping out
This is what I would like to do. Maybe even some aluminum heads one day :) Thanks for saying this
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