Which factory heads will fit a C69A

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Bluebell

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I just wondered which standard factory heads will fit a C69A block.
I made the mistake of spending money on heads that I already had (C81T) only to find they don't clear the valves.
What are the options? Thanks in advance.
 
Your heads can be flycut to clear the valves. As Mart says you can hog them out with a hand grinder, or a machine shop can do it neatly.
 
That slight cutting was also a standard Ford practice (there is a dealer cutter kit even) since 59 type blocks eventually became the replacement block for the prewar engines with the different valve angle.
Heads that fit...any of the several variants of 59 numbered heads, Canadian or American. Buy in pairs as there are two or three minor compression variants. Also Canadian C7RA heads, the 1947 replacement for the C69. These came in iron and aluminum variants, with the aluminum one about a point higher in compression.
 
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