I don't believe that any of DeT production would have gone thru L-M or Ford until the Pantera. You need the "little note book" that DeT used to keep all the production notes in, about each car! One of our fellow Goose owners is a nephew of the DeT family, and has reportedly touched such book, but Santiago has his fingers securely wrapped around it..... A few minutes with a photo copier is all I would ask....just a few....>!
I think the C8OE block picture is just a 302 casting number example. C8FE was early prototype Boss.
Bob, the guy with #528 that started this thread could be the last, or one of the last hipo cars that I know of as documented.
I've heard claims of Euro cars having them....but never any follow up to get proof, ie casting numbers, dates, pictures..... and trying to explain casting numbers and dates to people with sometimes limited English skills can be difficult. We've been exposed to the "numbers correct" crazy....where Europeans get a different take on it.....from what I have seen.
We are also not exactly sure when DeT began stamping the numbers on the pad on the intakes..... I can't say anyone has posted a 289/xxxx yet????? Seems to have been 302's.....
Somewhere, there was a letter posted about an engine quantity sold to DeT..... Need to see if I can dig that communication up.... Not much info, but interesting never-the-less!
Steve