I recently purchased my third 67-72 F100. My first vehicle ever, at the age of 16 was a white 1967 F100 with a 390 and 3 on the tree. I sold it after running the heck out of it and tearing it up. lol. You can imagine the things a 16-year old can do with a 390!! 10 years ago I purchased a straight body 68 for a thousand bucks. Owned it for about a year....it was my daily driver. Drove it to work one day (in Dallas) and it broke down on me on the side of I30 about a mile from my job. When I came back to pick it up it was gone. Well, about two weeks ago I purchased a 72. The interior has been repainted, new guage panel installed, leather seat, etc. etc. etc. All trip pieces have been custom painted. The exterior is orange and white with low profile tires on it. It has an unbelievably cool stance.

Previous owners converted to 390 with automatic....c6 maybe (not sure at this point how to determine what tranny I have). They also converted it to power steering. When they did all this they left the original steering column in it. So, when I'm on the brakes, it's difficult to steer....it "grabs" sometimes and is difficult to steer. It came with no airfilter. I have the original ford blue air filter housing, but don't think I have all the original bracketry to install it on the original Ford carb that's on it. I believe this 390 was taken out of an old galaxy....same with the transmission.

Questions:

How do I determine which transmission and which motor I actually have in this thing?

Thanks for your help.

Glad to be back in the game!!! Pictures will post soon.

 

The best way to quickly ID a tranny is the oil pan shape if you can't get to the serial plate. To get very specific you will have to find the serial numbers and servo code. This link might help.
Tranny ID

To ID the engine the best way is to find the casting numbers on the block and decode them
Here is a link to a similar topic I found
390 ID

Also, If you can post a picture I'm sure some guys on here can tell you what it is in a heartbeat.

Good Luck,
Brad

 

The only way to check an FE is to measure the stroke by pulling a sparkplug, inserting something thin down the cylinder and mark and measure the length at the bottom and top of the stroke. Almost all blocks are marked 352, so you can't tell if it is a 360 0r 390 by the foundry marks.