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Originally Posted by Old Goat Racer
In 1969 I bought a 62 Catalina 4-door sedan for $100. Car was rough and the tranny was shot, had to tow it home with a chain. Pulled the engine out and scrapped the car. Sometime later I took the engine apart pulled the pan and couldn't believe my eyes. It had 4-bolt main caps. It was a 421 short block with 389 2-barrel heads. The engine code also said it was a 2-barrel engine. I have NO idea how or when the 421 was put in there. Go figure.
That's my Ripley story. Believe it or not. OGR
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Do you happen to remember if the block had the transfer lug still on it? I have heard that the lug was machined off in situations like this when a large main bearing block was substituted on the assembly line. Although that really doesn't make much sense.