.. Along the way you will come up with a few "dogs" if you take chances...
When I started looking back in the 80's I would ask everyone I came in contact with, it took a couple of years but all of a sudden I started getting leads. I followed up on every lead and bought everything I could, I always figured after I had what I wanted I could sell off what was left. I feel word of mouth is one of the best ways to find stuff, 35+ years later and I am still buying Ha.Three ways to find things:
1. Know someone who has a stash of parts
2. Search sources like Craigslist, Ebay, etc. on a daily basis
3. Attend a local car event and pass the word around
Once you find one, and other people learn of that, you'd be surprised at how many stories and leads you might be presented with.
Just yesterday I was privileged to view a gaggle of bare 409 blocks that were of the first variety
Be prepared to act quickly, take chances, and have cash on hand
Good luck, TomK
Along with trucks/buses,boats,irrigation pumps/generators,I do know they were used in combines and possibly similar equipment like corn pickers and cotton pickers.From what I've seen on industrial engines they seem to use the same casting number blocks as cars,heads and water pumps that are unique to industrial apps. have different casting numbers.
This is 656 Truck block came out of a C80 dump truck same as the industrial and boat engine been racing it since 2012
My avatar is a truck engine
It appears that the basic long block is the same in all the industrial/truck/marine apps for a given year just different external bolt on accessories for specific applications.But if you plan to use it for performance work it will need to be rebuilt with higher compression pistons and more aggressive profile cam anyway.
