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several of the prior posts refer to FE's..
im asking what FE stands for..
instead of directing me to read sub title-why not just answer the question??or is it a complicated answer that needs to be addressed by techs??
before i could post this it got moved..was in general -NON-AUTOMOTIVE TOPIC ABOUT A TRUCK ENTHUSIATES GET TOGETHER
im asking what FE stands for..
instead of directing me to read sub title-why not just answer the question??or is it a complicated answer that needs to be addressed by techs??
before i could post this it got moved..was in general -NON-AUTOMOTIVE TOPIC ABOUT A TRUCK ENTHUSIATES GET TOGETHER
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i'd thought it was Fairlane Engine too. but i've thought a lot of things 
Ratsmoker thats a helpful page u set up. i get way more info from all of u on here than i could ever contibute. stay with it boys, enquiring minds want to know!
Ratsmoker thats a helpful page u set up. i get way more info from all of u on here than i could ever contibute. stay with it boys, enquiring minds want to know!
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"it will never end weather its ford engine or ford edsel. ITs always a fe though."
What do you mean "it will never end?" There's nothing to end. FE stands for Ford/Edsel, just as MEL stands for Mercury/Edsel/Lincoln. This is a well established fact.
What do you mean "it will never end?" There's nothing to end. FE stands for Ford/Edsel, just as MEL stands for Mercury/Edsel/Lincoln. This is a well established fact.
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I think it is the guy who owns gessford machine is the one that said it means fairlane engine. I can't find it on his webpage. He was very straightforward about it. He is a widely known and respected FE guru. I disagree with him but I I'm just a regular joe that likes to turn wrenches on the weekends. That is where the idea came from anyways.
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Obviously many of you have ever read John Smith's book, "Super 60's Fords." He interviewed one of the FE engine designers (the Project engineer) who said that FE stands for Ford/Edsel and nothing else. Here is John's statement from the Ford Galaxie list:
"Here we go again. When I wrote the original "Super '60s Fords", way back in the mid-80s, I spoke with Mr. Donald Sullivan, the Project Engineer for the development of the original FE engine, the 1958 332 and 352. He told me, directly from his own mouth, that "FE" stood for "Ford/Edsel", indicating the application for which the engines were originally intended. The FE engine ranged from the 1958 332, all the way up to the 1976 360 truck
engine, and ranged in displacement from the 332 up to the 428. Some magazines referred to them as larger "Y-blocks" because of the deep block skirts, but there was absolutely no similarity between the FE and the old Y-block, except the appearance of the lower portion of the engine block."
"Here we go again. When I wrote the original "Super '60s Fords", way back in the mid-80s, I spoke with Mr. Donald Sullivan, the Project Engineer for the development of the original FE engine, the 1958 332 and 352. He told me, directly from his own mouth, that "FE" stood for "Ford/Edsel", indicating the application for which the engines were originally intended. The FE engine ranged from the 1958 332, all the way up to the 1976 360 truck
engine, and ranged in displacement from the 332 up to the 428. Some magazines referred to them as larger "Y-blocks" because of the deep block skirts, but there was absolutely no similarity between the FE and the old Y-block, except the appearance of the lower portion of the engine block."
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FORD/EDSEL (FE)
1958 production started with the 332/352 for FORD and the 361 for the FORD platform based EDSEL
MERCURY/EDSEL/LINCOLN (MEL)
1958 production started with the 383/430 for MERCURY, 410 for the MERCURY platform based EDSEL and the 430 for LINCOLN.
The SUPER Duty Series (Heavy Truck) 401/477/534 was also introduced in 1958.
1958 production started with the 332/352 for FORD and the 361 for the FORD platform based EDSEL
MERCURY/EDSEL/LINCOLN (MEL)
1958 production started with the 383/430 for MERCURY, 410 for the MERCURY platform based EDSEL and the 430 for LINCOLN.
The SUPER Duty Series (Heavy Truck) 401/477/534 was also introduced in 1958.
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