426 Wedge Motor ID Pad.

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Pic's worth a thousand words but so far it sounds typical of a 65 426S Wedge.

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I had a '65 Sport Fury with the 426 street wedge. My pad looked like yours sounds except I had an 'X' also (some kind of oversize or undersize, I forget which). My 'HP' stamp, IIRC, was also much larger that what was used later in the '60's. Again, IIRC the letters were easily 3/8" high.

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I had a '65 Sport Fury with the 426 street wedge. My pad looked like yours sounds except I had an 'X' also (some kind of oversize or undersize, I forget which). My 'HP' stamp, IIRC, was also much larger that what was used later in the '60's. Again, IIRC the letters were easily 3/8" high.

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So the HP is a factory stamp even with the larger font?

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I had a '65 Sport Fury with the 426 street wedge. My pad looked like yours sounds except I had an 'X' also (some kind of oversize or undersize, I forget which). My 'HP' stamp, IIRC, was also much larger that what was used later in the '60's. Again, IIRC the letters were easily 3/8" high.

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So the HP is a factory stamp even with the larger font?

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You would think it was factory. Makes sense.

All I can say is I bought the car in 1973 before all the "numbers games" started so I've always assumed it was original. I thought the stamp font was odd but never pursued it. Remember, at that time Al Gore hadn't invented the internet yet and research was somewhat difficult. I sold the shortblock to someone in Denver in about 1985 so I don't have anything that I can show you now. That's the best I can do. It was a nice motor. Had a set of reworked rods and a set of Jahns forged pistons in it.

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