Yes, but would rather stay anonymous, I'm helping with a restoration on a 64 cont. convertible and have really had my interest peeked on the mel. I've always been strickly a Ford man, but haven't had a chance to work with the 430 much. I wish I could have started from scratch on the long block, but ...

Yes, that is the plug, the one in the front , behind the distributor hole. The rest of the plugs were tapped for 1/4 pipe plugs, all except that one, which seemed to be forgotten alltogether! I build a ton of FE's professionally, and they have the same setup, except that hole is tapped from the fact...

As a follow up, I found a parts car that I took the distributor out and checked with a mirror, Lo and behold there is a plug just as suspected, and with a little brake cleaner spray could even make out the size stamped into the plug.(29/64) So apparently the engine builder left it out. Oh well, just...

I"m working on the installation of a 430 mel in a 64 continental. The Engine longblock was already rebuilt but as I was installing the sheet metal and accessories I was priming the oil pump and noticed oil coming from the oil gallery in the distributor hole. I know normally there should be a plug th...