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There should be a casting number somewhere on the block. I'm not sure what casting numbers match up to what years but i am sure the info is on the internet somewhere.
That is the casting number on the block. Ford uses letters at the beginning of their part numbers to note which year, the number is the year of casting. Example D4 is 1974, C9 would be 1969, E5 would be 1985 and so on.