Wondering what I have. Engine block, never used.

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Hey guys had to work late and its dark gonna have to go look in the daytime on wednesday. I REALLY REALLY appreciate the comments, and thanks elmariachi for a little more explanation in where to find certain things. I'm no mechanic and and don't know what freeze plugs and hex plugs are lol.

Story. Father worked for Ford for over 20 years, sold parts and did mechanic work. He grew up working on cars for my Grandpa from an early age. To say the least he was under a car for most of his life, unfortunately before I could really appreciate his knowledge and invest the time to tinker with him, he got sick, and spent the last years of his life fighting congestive heart failure and other issues coming from smoking and drinking his whole life. This upcoming January he will be gone for 2 years now.

In any case, my dad was full of stories, a lot seemed pretty un-believable, but being a Harley riding rebel I found out from my uncles most were true. Nonetheless, I was driven to school as a child in a super loud, really fast truck that my dad told me as I got older is powered by a nascar 427. He always talked about his never used Nascar 427 laying in the garage.

So what I want to find out is if this indeed is the real thing, because there is a fully built version of this in a truck I own, but its not running due to a carb issue spitting gas. Its been almost 2 years since he died, I am now 24, I am realizing that I might never use this block properly and might actually consider selling it. I have a mechanic friend, I will mick it and get back to the boards with the results. The other motor I would someday like to put in a cobra replica body but that's years away. So I really have a lot of thinking to do, first most important thing is to identify.