Outback Jack

Yeah I dunno, if you grind that hump out, it actually looks decent. The inlets might look big, but the shape doesn't look great (that's what she said). I reckon the inlets are the restriction here. It looks typically Ford of that era, with a ramp up on the floor and a sharp turn before the throat. Pretty much just 2V Clevos but slightly scaled up.

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It could just be a standard worn bore with the ridges shaved to get the pistons out. I hope she cleans up nice, that's a lot of rust in there

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i will give the block a few more cleans ,then take it down to the machine shop and get it tanked and get ol m8 to sus it out it stands atm at 030 so the guy told me ,but i measured it up and looks std to me with some ware ,std bore is 4.360 and my readings flutuated between that and 4.370ish,came with no rods or pistons ,also 060 overbore is fine with many going 090 and 120 over.

doing plenty of reading ,and turns out the exhaust side of the 460 head is very poor flow,after 1972 ford re designed the head but still wasnt that good,my heads are 73 or 74 and are the larger chamber,gerg you were right they are very similar to a 2v cleveland head.

After a few hrs using power tools sanding off surface rust it's starting to look ok,also 2 cranks,1 cover,1 broken timing cover and a factory sump,when homeboy dropped it off this morning I said hey where is the main caps ? He said fark I left em at home with other stuff to go with it but all is good he is coming down from Toowoomba in 3 weeks time. 
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The 460 is here and it's a nice rusty block ect lol,strange it don't have any lip on the bore

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Yeah, was on  my bucket list of engines. Always wanted a 427/429 or 460. But things happen, cars get sold, etc etc.  No point buying one now, would make the XP sooooooo front heavy. LMAO.  Ally intake and heads on 460 would make them about the same weight as a Clevo I reckon. So, perfect for the Nugget.. 🤔

I have heard that wherever a Windsor or Clevo will go, a 429/460 will slot in, mounts and all. Whether or not the actual mounts are the same, I dunno, but from XA onwards, big blocks are a bolt-in job (again from what I remember someone saying years ago)

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all Ford Day Geelong 2022, Fair to say i have modified the interior

A busy Easter fixing the roof of the Millennium Falcon Longreach. Mounted the Kylo Ren lightsaber, (Red) the Luke Skywalker lightsaber (Green) and Obiwan Kenobe lightsaber (Blue)
Used the same hard foam board as a backing but painted black.
 

Picked up a couple of US army radio boxes from from 1967 to fit in the back of the side boxes.

 

 
 

 

 

Curtains I bought from the reject shop hanging through the top hoop by the wire and hooks, at the top. I have hooked up the same wire at the bottom and fed the curtains through so they wrap around top and bottom wires about 3 times.
 

The side pods for the back of the van, I will take a photo once I get it in the back tonight.

this is a photo of the young Han solo Millennium Falcon. i'm trying to have it look similar but not the same.
 

I have been busy working away on the interior of the Darkside Garage Inc. Millennium Falcon Longreach. Still heaps to do.
 

 

 

 

 

 
 

I'd class them not necessarily as Clevo family, but as cousins. Developed at the same time, has the same canted valve setup, same 1.73 rockers, dizzy, engine mounts, and very similar overall look. I think there's 50kg difference in assembled weight, but you can get that down drastically with ally heads and intake.

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They are torque monsters, not huge on the horsepower though. The heads aren't much bigger than a 2V Clevo. Very frickin heavy too.

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im not sure what section to put this in but yesterday i scored a 460 ,its in pieces but heads block manifold is matching,and comes with some other stuff,not sure the vintage but looks like a typical 70s 460 with cast 4 barrel iron manifold,i got it cheap so when it turns up on thursday i will have gerg all over it with working out the codes,this has been my unicorn engine,i have never owned one,will be interesting.

I guess it's supply and demand. 
 
Mach 1 mustangs, Effies, Panteras, there must be a market for it.

Hard to believe that there's so much interest in Clevo's in the good ole US of A, that Tim Meyer and such will go to the lengths of making new ones...!!!!  
At the same time, deleting some of the inherent issues from the 1960-70's model.  Bravo fellas.  If I was in the 'States, I know what I'd be saving for right now. 

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