Rods and Pistons

V8 engine block with main bearing caps installed; a child looks on in a cluttered garage Close-up of a casting number stamped into a rusty cast-iron engine part Long bolt threaded into a weld-repaired bracket on a rusty cast part, car visible behind Two cast-iron cylinder heads with valves and springs installed lying beside a camshaft on concrete Rusty Ford cylinder head with C3AE casting number, two spark plugs and center hex bolt Rusty cast-iron cylinder head with two spark plugs and casting marks C3AE 6090-H Close-up of rusty cylinder head casting with spark plugs, valve retainers, and stamped '3DO' casting mark Close-up of cylinder head casting code 3D9 between valve springs, spark plugs visible Pair of disassembled engine rocker arm shaft assemblies laid out on plywood next to a cylinder head 1963 Ford 427 photo Close-up of a crankshaft journal and counterweight stamped C8AE-E standing upright on a workbench 1963 Ford 427 photo Connecting rod laid on wood, big end at left, stamped C8AE-C with a Ford oval Connecting rod on a wood surface showing cast lettering C8AE-C and a Ford oval near the beam 1963 Ford 427 photo Cast aluminum housing in grass stamped with a Ford oval and part number C8UE-12127 19photos in this albumView all