The FE gods have smiled down upon me.

[turbohunter]

On the rare occasion when I would get that lucky, one of my friends would always say, "Even a blind hog finds an acorn every now and then.."  LOL!

I almost used that for the thread name

[475fetoploader]

I must say congrats! Nice find.

[cammerfe]

I'll give you $710 for it.

Hah! I raise you $25 to $735......and call your bluff!!!!!!!!

To be absolutely fair, both you guys should also offer to split the shipping costs with him.

KS

[Gregwill16]

Wow that thing has stayed together its whole life. To be honest Marc I would offer that up for a 68.5 or Shelby guy for about $7k. That is where it belongs and you could pick up a regular 428 and have plenty of $ left over to build a better engine.

[6667fan]

Smashing!
Did you get the carb also? Even without it a great score. Are both heads dated the 13th? Seems like that was a common date for the early CJ heads. What is the letter on the intake, the pic is cut off. 
Wow!

JB

[turbohunter]

Had an Ed carb on it.
Last letter on intake is C
Greg I’ve thought about that. And you’re right. BUT....The FE gods smiled down onto me
My brother has a ‘69 with reinforced towers that he has had in rebuild state for many years and not able to get to it. That’s an option. Maybe I could buy it off of him.
Me finding one myself is an option.
But you’re correct, now that it’s more than a regular 428 it’s not something to sneeze at.

Edit
Now if I can get the damn exhaust bolts out without breaking them.

[gdaddy01]

glad for you

[turbohunter]

Thank you but as you can see it brings up some moral questions. To a point.
Funny you ask about the carb. The first thing I thought about that was how many carbs I’d have to get together to trade Drew for one.

[turbohunter]

Got the logs off.
Let ‘em soak over night then hit ‘em with heat. Did pretty good but not perfect. I broke 3 tops all on one side but I’m calling that a win.
Have some good flat surface for drilling. Also someone tried drilling out before and didn’t get far so I have four to take out.
Had a resident at some point too.

[turbohunter]

Well it took an entire morning but all bolt holes have been drilled out and no threads were harmed in the process. My hands are gonna be sore tonight.
The forth hole that I thought was a previous owner try at drilling a bolt out turned out to be mud.
It always amazes me how those damn threads can weld themselves in there. None would spin out. Had to use rev bits/forward bits/picks/taps/hammer/extractors etc. to get them out. Broke three tap holders.
But they’re out.

[jayb]

So, have your plans for this engine firmed up?  It would be cool to keep it stockish, maybe with a slightly hotter cam, find a set of 428CJ exhaust manifolds and plop it in your wagon.  What a sleeper LOL!

[turbohunter]

I have everyone in my family looking for an appropriate mustang but not in a hurry and can’t spend like a drunken sailor.
I may know where to get some exhaust manifolds.
Then there’s my brothers car which may come into play.
But I’m not in a hurry.
I think the plan is to freshen it up and maybe a new roller. Wouldn’t mind hearing ideas on that. Then plop it in the wagon for now and while it’s in the wagon I’ll turn that 390 into a 428 to meet the fender badge criteria. And have that available for the wagon if we can find a mustang.
But along with that I have a year to retire then Nanc and I are planing to exit Calif. to Tenn. so I’m not in a hurry.

[machoneman]

Well it took an entire morning but all bolt holes have been drilled out and no threads were harmed in the process. My hands are gonna be sore tonight.
The forth hole that I thought was a previous owner try at drilling a bolt out turned out to be mud.
It always amazes me how those damn threads can weld themselves in there. None would spin out. Had to use rev bits/forward bits/picks/taps/hammer/extractors etc. to get them out. Broke three tap holders.
But they’re out.

Nice but hard work! Be sure to use lotsa anti-seize on those new bolts.

[turbohunter]

I’m an anti seize junkie Bob.

[Thumperbird]

OK, I'llsay it, for us lesser mortals what am I looking at here?