hello everyone in mel land my name is cal . i have a 55 ford gasser with a lincoln 430 nastalgic drag car. ive been comming to this site for a while registered ,but never had to post anything. everything i needed to know was here until now unless its hidden some were from me. i have found a 430 i want to pick up for parts its in a 58 merc the only numbers that the peson could find were exactly were they are supposed to be the numbers are 7 9 m .. is this a 383/ 430 maybe hoping its the one with the good heads and pistons im running a 59 lincoln 430 with a tunnel ram headers roller rockers and a isky 505 c roller cam other than an oil pump and a roller timing chain its stock can anyone help me i want to make sure i have the good one its not that that expensive but i do have to drive a ways to get it want to make sure its worth it its still in the car complete

Hi Cal, glad the forum was useful to your needs so far. As for your question, I fear that I'm not the right person when it comes to that.
Hope s.o. else can help you on trhat tough one. It may take a few days, just be patient.
Meanwhile, good luck w. your project.