My father has a 1959 Ford F250. He is only the second owner of the truck and he was told that the engine is original along with the current listed mileage. He is wanting to sell the truck but is unsure of the engine size. I listed it for him on craigslist just to see if he received any interest. An individual told us that the engine is not the original as the picture we listed showed the distributor in the front but for this model and year, the only V8 engine available in the '59 was a 292 Y block which has the distributor in the rear of the engine and not the front.
I just wanted to get some honest insight fomr people that know what they are talking about. Can you help us at all? I can get you some pics if needed.
Thank you

 

The 352 had the distributor on the front starting in 1958.

 

Thank you for your response! Any help is appreciated.

 

You may get more responses in the forum for this year model.

 

Right - sorry, I didn't even realize. I have posted it there. Thank you for your point out.

 

SUBFORD :
Wasn't that just in the Ford cars though, Didn't the 292 remain the engine for the Ford trucks until like '64 then in '65 they started using the Fe series in the trucks?

 

They started putting the FE engine in trucks in 1964.