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C7AE-A heads were used on all 1967 FE engines.
By Dave Shoe - 11/12/2001 9:07:56 AM; IP 216.243.158.38
The C7AE-A casting was the most common head used on all FEs in 1967. Other less-common standard castings were C6AE-R and C6AE-U (early in the year).

The C7AE-A head was used in any non-racing (427) application, as were the two C6 numbers. Whether 390-2V, 428PI, 390GT, 410, 352 pickup truck, and sometimes industrial applications. If the exhaust bolt pattern has a 14-bolt per head pattern, it was used in Fairlane/Mustang applications, 8-bolt in most other applications.

It sounds like the engine is of 1967 vintage, as the C3 timing cover was compatible with the damper design used through 1967. It's not likely a 428, but if it has a large "A" or "C" character which protrudes from the flywheel surface of the block, then it's likely a 428. The date code on the block is located below the oil filter bracket on the unmachined 45-degree sloped surface.

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Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9259&Reply=9259><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9259" onclick="return false;">ID help on old FE stuff</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>John, <i>11/11/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9259', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9259') }); </script>  ID help on old FE stuff -- John, 11/11/2001
 RE: ID help on old FE stuff -- Mike McQuesten, 11/11/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9264&Reply=9259><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9264" onclick="return false;">RE: ID help on old FE stuff</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Travis Miller, <i>11/12/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9264', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9264') }); </script>  RE: ID help on old FE stuff -- Travis Miller, 11/12/2001
Collapse <b>C7AE-A heads were used on all 1967 FE engines.</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>11/12/2001</i></font>C7AE-A heads were used on all 1967 FE engines. -- Dave Shoe, 11/12/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9299&Reply=9259><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9299" onclick="return false;">It's got a big "A" on the back of the block</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>John, <i>11/13/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9299', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9299') }); </script>  It's got a big "A" on the back of the block -- John, 11/13/2001
 Yup, It's a regular 428 block. -- Dave Shoe, 11/14/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9313&Reply=9259><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9313" onclick="return false;">RE: C7AE-A heads were used on all 1967 FE engines.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>p, <i>11/14/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9313', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9313') }); </script>  RE: C7AE-A heads were used on all 1967 FE engines. -- p, 11/14/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9317&Reply=9259><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9317" onclick="return false;">C6AE-R was common on all FEs in 1966-67.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>11/14/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9317', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9317') }); </script>  C6AE-R was common on all FEs in 1966-67. -- Dave Shoe, 11/14/2001
 FE heads -- P, 11/14/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9343&Reply=9259><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9343" onclick="return false;">RE: ID help on old FE stuff</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Wal Kenney, <i>11/17/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9343', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9343') }); </script>  RE: ID help on old FE stuff -- Wal Kenney, 11/17/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9351&Reply=9259><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9351" onclick="return false;">Can you offer more details on the motor?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>11/18/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9351', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9351') }); </script>  Can you offer more details on the motor? -- Dave Shoe, 11/18/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=9443&Reply=9259><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor9443" onclick="return false;">RE: Can you offer more details on the motor?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Wal Kenney, <i>11/20/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=9443', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor9443') }); </script>  RE: Can you offer more details on the motor? -- Wal Kenney, 11/20/2001
 Yup. What you've got is over my head. -- Dave Shoe, 11/21/2001
 RE: Can you offer more details on the motor? -- FE427TP, 11/21/2001
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