New guy from ND

I got the motor picked up yesterday. Looks decent, but looks can be deceiving. Previous owner said it was running when parked (couple years ago), but pulled it out of the 76 Grand Marquis last week and replaced it with a 350 to use as a derby car. haha

It has D3 heads, I was hoping for anything but D2s, so I am happy. If it was D2s I was planning on going with aluminum heads. I think I will just put that money into a good head job on the iron heads.

Sorry for the belated Welcome. I spent many a cold night in Minot. Former B-52h crew chief 5th Bomb Wing.

I wish had the money at the time ( 1989 ). My buddy in the Air Force, picked up a groundup resto 406 tripower 4spd 63 1/2 Galaxie and an unrestored 63 1/2 390 police intercepter bench seat four speed hardtop for $5,500. My brother ( patfromjersey ) and I still throwup today thinking of those cars. Plus he picked up a shed full of NOS galaxie parts and an extra 390 tripower motor.Local guy in Minot was moving to Atlanta.

Thanks for the welcome!

Here is the engine, better late than never, right?

D3VE heads, not a horrible starting point I guess.

Step one-Ditch the Fram. Its a good starting point, take the block to your local shop and have it acid dipped and then start the build from there. That's if your going to completely rebuild it.