The car has been discussed over on the SAAC site. There is NO way anyone "at this point" can positively say which car it is. ALL of the vin numbers "were" on the front end that was cut off. Despite MANY people trying to help , there is simply no way to know. 1444 is a GUESS at best because of information from the SAAC registry. The car by their own account was NEVER finished OR raced so how can it be significant??
   One BIG problem with all of the publicity is NOW if the front end is replaced AND there are VIN numbers on it , SOMEONE is going to jail for "vin tampering"

 Great advice. The spacer deal has bit more than one person!

   Thanks Frank! Yes THAT is the actual "blueprint" . My book is a log book of the sequential SK numbers used and usually the reason for the change. It is interesting that Joe B called out the carbon content correct on the blueprint but put the decimal point in the wrong place on the book notation. That is something Dennis K caught when I posted the information.
    The point of my post was simply to show what "I" found while looking through my book. Nowhere in the book for any engine type was there a call out for ''nickle" as an element used. The words "high nickle" have forever been associated with Ford blocks and it certainly appears to be mythical. There were a couple of listings for the Magnesium 494 blocks and the associated sleeves used.
   Randy

    Last night I was looking at my log book of sequential "SK" numbers used by Ford EEE engineers to create special race oriented parts. Lo and behold I find about 7 that reference 427 blocks and specific materials to be used to make them. The first three specify ACB iron to be used , and the next four list the elements and specific percentages to be used. Unfortunately I left the book at home so I can't immediately post the SK numbers AND dates "today" and the info will have to wait until I return on Monday Jan 3.
    Several have referred to "mythical" high nickle  blocks and it does appear that they WERE made. "I" know funny car racer Tommy Grove had them in '68 and they were the reason he continued to run the Cammer into '72 , even in the Barry Setzer VEGA funny car!!!!!

  Jim with repeated launches , the housing does  bend causing a "toe in" situation and potential "tire scrub". I would add one in your case. To do it right , the brace is fit an welded before the housing is straightened so that the welding removes some ( or all) of the toe in. It is then checked and corrected as needed. I've seen .003-.005 improvements in the 60' times and nearly a mph on the big end.

   '67 for the lip seals. The one you have should have a C7AE part number on it. The 427 SOHC actually used an orange silicone lip seal in '65 and Ford serviced it in their complete engine gasket sets. I have owned several of the gasket sets.
   Randy

  +1 on that! I'm sorry I didn't get by to see you Jay. THANK YOU  for stopping by to see me at my booth. I was only able to get out before the show started , not while it was going on. Despite fewer people I was swamped with people wanting to talk to me.
  Randy

   Steve is who has done my stuff for forty years .  Hard to believe it's been that long. NEVER a lobe failure.