[quote author=HCS Mustang link=board=1;threadid=730;start=15#msg4121 date=1072836549]
My HCS is sort of an oddball I guess, being built in July of '68 it still came with the 289, not the 302 that replaced it.[/quote]
My sources show that you could still get the 289 through the end of the model year. The 302 was just added to the lineup of motors and has it's own code. I do know for a fact that the last few HCS's built, that are in the registry, were built with 289's and I-6's, not 302's. This shows that the 289 didn't cease being an option. So the 302 may have been the replacement motor for the 289, once production of that block ceased, but it was still available in '68 if the owner wanted to order it.
Scott W.