Help please
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Safety Car
Joined: Oct 2000
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From: Carbondale Pa.
Help please
Not Corvette related in the least, but we have a wealth of knowledge here on basically everything automotive, so please help me out. I have the opportunity to buy a 500" Caddy motor with a 400 Turbo behind it with 30K little old lady miles on it for a very decent price. It would be the perfect powerplant for my '40 Ford, but the first thing I'd like to know is how to properly identify it via #'s like is on our Corvettes on the passenger side near the water pump mounting bolt, where are they on the motor and what would be the # or letters designating it as to year and size. It is not in the original car any longer but in a half finished project. Thanks for any help y'all can give, Peace,,,Moosie 
Safety Car
Joined: Aug 2001
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From: North Easton Mass
Not Corvette related in the least, but we have a wealth of knowledge here on basically everything automotive, so please help me out. I have the opportunity to buy a 500" Caddy motor with a 400 Turbo behind it with 30K little old lady miles on it for a very decent price. It would be the perfect powerplant for my '40 Ford, but the first thing I'd like to know is how to properly identify it via #'s like is on our Corvettes on the passenger side near the water pump mounting bolt, where are they on the motor and what would be the # or letters designating it as to year and size. It is not in the original car any longer but in a half finished project. Thanks for any help y'all can give, Peace,,,Moosie
Rick B.
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Buddy of mine just put a caddy 500 in his rat rod. Check out this forum: http://www.cadillacforums.com/forums/500-472-425-368/
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