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he said something about the manifold is from a 427 so its the good fe motor and he was stoked to get it..

Son he MIGHY have paid 1500 for a 500 manifold sitting on a broken 100 dollar 390. Sounds like a deal 2MM would make.

Oh noooooo Mouz... It's junk, ole Bob said so... A dime a dozen...

The manifolds not. Tell us EVERYTHING ELSE you know about the deal on the motor Bruce. Is it MR or a LR. Steel crank or cast. Cap screw rods or thru bolt.

I'm about ready to part out the Mandella, what's the market for Hm scoop 'n rocker covers?

Scoop is worth almost as much as the manifold and carbs sitting under it.

i just sold same h/m scoop for a 100 and those same fin valve covers for 50

You gave it away. If you called me, you could have tripled you money on both. Maybe 4 times on the valve covers if they were HM

So where does a non-Ford guy look on an old 390 to find out what grade it is? I have a couple laying out in the barn. If I remember right, one is a 68 bock and the other is an early 70s.

The difference between 390s aside from numbers to a collect is not worth talking about. Very Very Very few 390s are much different than any other 390. 391 truck blocks, and few HiPo blocks have thicker walls that allow an additional .020 bore, and the main webs are a little stronger. Most 390s can't be built with enough power to hurt themselves anyway with some form of power adder or stroking the shit of them.

Unless of course you are buying the block from 2MM. He has the inside track to all the really cool FE stuff, like blocks that can take a 4.5 bore, But then he has already demonstrated he can't add or subtract.