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There are no 428 blocks with an "S" on the rear.
By Dave Shoe - 05/27/2002 6:44:44 PM; IP 63.233.200.86
You may be referring to "part numbers" as listed in some book, as I'm only aware of the "C", "A", and occasional "X" blocks in 428 applications. These characters define the "machining protocol" for the block, not the car line.

The "C" references the reinforced 428 casting and the "A" references the standard 428 casting. Common blocks for a given year apparently received no special markings, so the foundry lineworker didn't have to keep too busy drawing the alphabet in sand.

I'm also aware that sand scratchings such as "C" are reused different years as something else, as a 1961 390 block also got a "C" marking on the rear, and I'm sure it was used other years, too.

The Tbird 428 got the same block casting as the LTD or Mercury. The foundry worker certainly would not know what car the block would eventually be heading for.

JMO,
Shoe.
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 Also... -- Dave Shoe, 05/25/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13103&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13103" onclick="return false;">RE: 428 CJ Casting # Question</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>John, <i>05/26/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13103', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13103') }); </script>  RE: 428 CJ Casting # Question -- John, 05/26/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13104&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13104" onclick="return false;">Use with caution.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>05/26/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13104', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13104') }); </script>  Use with caution. -- Dave Shoe, 05/26/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13107&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13107" onclick="return false;">RE: Use with caution.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Scott Hollenbeck, <i>05/27/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13107', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13107') }); </script>  RE: Use with caution. -- Scott Hollenbeck, 05/27/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13111&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13111" onclick="return false;">i'll probably get flamed for this but......</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>hawkrod, <i>05/27/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13111', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13111') }); </script>  i'll probably get flamed for this but...... -- hawkrod, 05/27/2002
Collapse <b>There are no 428 blocks with an "S" on the rear.</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>05/27/2002</i></font>There are no 428 blocks with an "S" on the rear. -- Dave Shoe, 05/27/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13119&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13119" onclick="return false;">RE: There are no 428 blocks with an "S" on the rear.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>hawkrod, <i>05/27/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13119', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13119') }); </script>  RE: There are no 428 blocks with an "S" on the rear. -- hawkrod, 05/27/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13142&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13142" onclick="return false;">Do you know what displacement that "S" block is?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>05/28/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13142', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13142') }); </script>  Do you know what displacement that "S" block is? -- Dave Shoe, 05/28/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13144&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13144" onclick="return false;">RE: Do you know what displacement that "S" block is?</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>hawkrod, <i>05/28/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13144', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13144') }); </script>  RE: Do you know what displacement that "S" block is? -- hawkrod, 05/28/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13147&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13147" onclick="return false;">Very interesting info.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>05/29/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13147', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13147') }); </script>  Very interesting info. -- Dave Shoe, 05/29/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13148&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13148" onclick="return false;">I seem to recall...</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>05/29/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13148', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13148') }); </script>  I seem to recall... -- Dave Shoe, 05/29/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13151&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13151" onclick="return false;">told you i would get flamed........</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>hawkrod, <i>05/29/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13151', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13151') }); </script>  told you i would get flamed........ -- hawkrod, 05/29/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13161&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13161" onclick="return false;">Make sure you don't hot tank that block...</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>05/29/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13161', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13161') }); </script>  Make sure you don't hot tank that block... -- Dave Shoe, 05/29/2002
 RE: Make sure you don't hot tank that block... -- hawkrod, 05/29/2002
 RE: i'll probably get flamed for this but...... -- hawkrod, 05/27/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13115&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13115" onclick="return false;">I just emailed you some info.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>05/27/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13115', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13115') }); </script>  I just emailed you some info. -- Dave Shoe, 05/27/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13120&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13120" onclick="return false;">RE: I just emailed you some info.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>pop428, <i>05/27/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13120', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13120') }); </script>  RE: I just emailed you some info. -- pop428, 05/27/2002
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=13140&Reply=13093><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor13140" onclick="return false;">Thanks For the Input Guys</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>J. Wofford, <i>05/28/2002</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=13140', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor13140') }); </script>  Thanks For the Input Guys -- J. Wofford, 05/28/2002
 Nice to have the orginal block -- pop428, 05/29/2002
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