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From the Ford Truck Enthuiasts forum:

Obviously many of you have never 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."

FE = Fix Everything !!! :LOL:

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Eh, so John Smith writes a book and has an opinion. Well thats one man's take on it. :)

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Originally Posted by Excaliber (Post 1049091)

Eh, so John Smith writes a book and has an opinion. Well thats one man's take on it. :)

Ernie, just in case anybody should ever ask, boojum snarks are completely immune to aerosol irritants.:cool:

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Originally Posted by patrickt (Post 1049092)

Ernie, just in case anybody should ever ask, boojum snarks are completely immune to aerosol irritants.:cool:

Here ya go:

http://www.sfn.org/skins/main/pdf/Hi...rankABeach.pdf

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Originally Posted by Excaliber (Post 1049091)

Eh, so John Smith writes a book and has an opinion. Well thats one man's take on it. :)

Donald Sullivan was the Project Engineer for the developement of the FE. Maybe he's wrong too???:rolleyes:

Here's what Wiki says:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_FE_engine

FE identification is easy. They're the ones with a puddle of oil under the car.:LOL:

It was said with affection!
Larry

Why yes, Donald was wrong, in his, er, my opinion. :)

Ford Engine, that's my oil leaking story and I'm sticking with it.

See thats the problem with the Wiki, they let Donald in there to edit it his way.

I have also heard Ford Engineering, but think that Ford-Edsel is probably right.

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Originally Posted by LMH (Post 1049100)

FE identification is easy. They're the ones with a puddle of oil under the car.:LOL:

It was said with affection!
Larry

These same guys are still running the old total oil loss Harleys.They too with their respective puddles of oil.Those were sure the Good Old Days!!!