Guys,
I've been considering pulling the hipo engine currently installed in my '66 A-code coupe and offering it to someone here on HPM who may need an engine to help complete their kar. The history is as follows. My father installed the engine in the car back in the fall of '67 or spring of '68 as a service replacement long block from Ford. He wasn't happy with the original 225 hp A-code. The head date codes are 7F1, and 7H23. I can't see the block part number well enough to clearly read it behind the starter, but it might be C8OE 6015 A. The engine does not have a lot of miles on it. The odometer shows a little less than 44k on it now and was driven several years prior to the installation of the hipo. I don't know the exact mileage of it when the hipo was installed because I was only a few years old. From there, the car was driven a bit more and parked in '69 with 20k on it till the mid 80's when we fired her up again at which point I put the rest of the miles on the car. My father changed main bearings once back in the 60's and we rebuilt the heads before we restarted her in the 80's. From there, nothing else has been done to the engine till I installed Crane Gold full roller rockers and pushrods last summer. The intake is an Edelbrock Torker 289 with a Holley 600 DP carb and a pertronix module in the dual point distributor body. I refurbished the car around the engine over the last few years. She runs strong, but is starting to show a little weeping at the edges of the head gaskets and front/rear main seals. Probably time for a small tear down and rebuild.
Anybody interested in the engine? Drop me a PM.
Thanks,
Mark