I'm getting confused. What year V8 frame? It's possible you are over thinking whatever you are thinking of doing. Which is what? Sometimes folks ask peripheral questions instead of the real questions. Do you want to study the differences and write it all up? Most of what you want to know so far has been answered, yes? no? You have a 65 and you see my 60 and the 63 is in the build banner. Here is what was in the banner.
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