318 - Thoughts on these Heads/Engine

-3 could have been a casting revision, the 'cell' number (they cast many at a time), etc. The one pictured looks to be a standard 318. Clean it, build it, run it. It'll take and standard LA intake. If you drop the pan and the throws are not squared off, good chance its forged but not likely in 78.

Couldda been if it was a manual transmission. It's not impossible. I had a virgin.....I said virgin 77 400 with a gorgeous standard steel crank that came out of a W200.