Guest Julian Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 (edited) was looking at an ad on ebay where a guy is selling his 58 ford 223 6 cyl car and noticed that it had an offenhouser aluminum finned valve cover on it. Looking at the offy aluminum valve covers for the OLD chevy 6 (216-235) it looks VERY similar in appearance to the ford 223 with the bolts coming up through the top of the valve cover. does anyone know IF the old chevy valve cover will fit the 223 6 as I would like to find the offy finned valve cover for my ole 59..??? Edited December 21, 2011 by Julian (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Julian Posted February 6, 2012 Share Posted February 6, 2012 (edited) this weekend I pulled the 223 out of my 59 custom 300 to reseal it.. The rear main was leaking.. dropped the pan and side cover and was pleastantly surprised that the inside of the ole gal was pretty clean to be 53 yrs old.. It still had the factory bearings (both main and rod) in it. Car has 59k miles on the clock so it appears that is the origianal miles. So far it has cleaned up well. It was originally a black engine (didnt know ford had black engines) so this will go back black with ford red valve cover, timing cover, side cover and oil pan. Just enough red to break up all that black... Edited February 6, 2012 by Julian (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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