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There are some minor difference, but they will all fit. For instance, I'm running a post '85 roller 5.0 in my 67, and the block was still essentially identical to the 289. I put on an original style timing cover with mechanical fuel pump, front sump oil pan, original engine mounts, plugged oil dipstick in the back so it goes through the timing cover up front. This also allowed me to run original style water pump instead of reverse flow that the later engines had.

All the tin is a direct bolt on. You'll have no problems whatsoever. One thing to note is the later 302s/5.0s starting at some point in the late 70's or early 80's (I can never remember), went to a 50 ounce imbalance rather than the 28 oz imbalance that your 67's 289 would have had. So this means you need to use the correct harmonic balancer and flexplate for it, which isn't a big deal. If you want to stay with the 3 bolt crank pulley, you can get 3-bolt 50 oz harmonic balancers.
 
the blocks are all pretty much the same, though there are detail differences to be aware of;

1: starting in about 1982 or so, ford when to a one piece rear main seal. the early block can be updated to the one piece rear main with a little machine work.

2: starting in 1985 ford went to a roller block, but you can still use flat tappet cams in the later blocks if you like.

3: starting in about 1975, ford lightened up the blocks by a few pounds. some will tell you that the blocks lost strength, others will tell you that is nonsense.
 
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