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Just came across this post. Wow, what memories. Back in the mid 1960’s my older brother ran stock cars at a few local tracks. He used to 55&56 Fairlanes. At one point he had 5 of them. Two for the track, two for parts and one was his street car, a cream coloured sky liner with the half glass roof. It was the most beautiful car I had ever seen. I my memory I seem to think that the chrome package was actually gold in colour….im I imagining that, it was that an option?

Great story!!!!

Thanks, never COULD FIND a CYCLONE , & decent prices ( College, & Pharmacy school(1965-70,++), BUT **did got a nice 1966 GALAXIE 500 **XL/4 Speed/352/ Burgandy ::: in 1967, improving & building up, Car ,a lot.Great driver until 1972 -3, approx..

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My oldest Ford was a 1939 F1. I've had many Fords since then but I'm still a Chevrolet man!

Just thinking: For Gen 11 The F250 and above had a great looking grill, better than the F150.... Great watch.

I stopped at 1:18 I know "Dentside" 73 to 79 and "Bumpside" 67 to 72. Great trucks. Now time to restart the vid..............

If all of these Cadillacs could talk they would be saying " I wish I were '49 Sedanette".

‘55 Ford! My dad had one, dark green.

It was 1974 and my Dad's business needed another 12 ft. stake/flat bed F-350. Well at the time the only new flatbed available was 50 miles away in Worcester Ma. He bought it, and it's engine was not the wimpy 360, but the 390 with a Holley 4 barrel carb.! That was an awesome truck to carry loads and gave us some big smiles when the secondaries opened!

A. Locally the 2004 body style is known as the Three Valve. Lots of people don't remember both lines were offered for a while. They are not viewed fondly. At all. B. Thanks for mentioning the 7 stud Diet F-250. I hope I never see one again 😂😂

I'm fond of the Gen 5 & 6 Ford F100 because that is what my grandfather drove when I was a kid. I have great memories of riding around town with him in those pickups. They were spartan on the inside and meant to be used for work. I learned how to drive a three on the tree in his F100. These trucks were affordable back in the 60s and 70s. Now they have become cash cows for the manufacturers and are out of reach for the working class.

I think the bullnose should get more attention out there. They have a great look and represent the style of their era so well.

The best thing about Vegas is how they shipped them in their own special railroad cars designed just for them.

My dad bought a brand new 1959 Oldsmobile and my parents took me out of school to ride it off of the train boxcar. That was a fantastic car!!

The ford 391 was a strong engine,def.liked the low to mid rpms

1963 Buick Riviera just got home from Vietnam and bought one .....AWESOME White outside Black inside I would LOVE to have another ...... maybe someday!

Not an S55 in 1964, that was a 1963 package.

I worked in an oil well for a while. The engine that was used to run the generators was a 391 Ford industrial motor. It ran 24 hrs a day, for as long as the well was being drilled.

Technology has made everything mediocre!

Today we have woke garbage cars!

I was born in ‘54 and I remember going to Florida from Ohio with mom dad and little brother in a ‘59 Edsel… it was a great car even though a sells flop… it rode like a dream!

No offense, but I just don’t see what’s to like with an Edsel. It’s bulky, and gaudy and poorly thought out, if at all. It’s a good thing we still get to have our own opinion.😊

I have a 1962 390 police interceptor engine which was rated at 375 HP. This is the highest HP rated 390 ever built.

That Barry Rabotnik guy here in Detroit did alot to promote the FE engine long after it ceased to me manufactured by FoMoCo. I remember as far back as 1987 hanging around the street racing scene...his black 68 or 69 Galaxy (im not a Ford guy and don't always know or recognize exact years or models, etc). That car ran strong among all the quickest street cars of the time and whatever he had his hands on was well respected. Later id see him in various magazine engine articles always focused on the FE but also taking part in more modern performance upgrades. There are other names associated with the performance FE aftermarket but his name stands out in my book. Growing up and still living in Detroit and Dearborn meant Ford performance lovers all around me. Ive always been a GM guy but of course love all old musclecar and classic cars nowadays. Ive always most respected Ford's performance efforts based on the FE. If i ever hit the lottery, my top Ford pics are first a 1963 Galaxy 500 with a 427, don't care about numbers matching just has to look the part. Next would be a 1967 428 powered mustang. Not even sure why but may have something to do with a couple of NHRA stock and super stock racers named Barry Poole and Jim Calvert and the vehicles who put both names on the map. As an engine guy i have not had very much experience wrenching anything FE and always thought the valve cover upper rail as part of the intake manifold was just plain weird and simply made me wonder why. One last thing...ive never heard a good running FE engine sound anything but good out the exhaust. They have a great exhaust note.

The Mercury was the MOST FUTURISTIC in design. I loved it , but then I was 12 years old !

Jade Idol has been my favorite, forever!

Funny how a car can become a member of the family. Some may say putting that much time and money into a car makes it a Money-Pit but it really is a bonding experience that brings a family "and friends" together............ Great car.

Can't believe the tri 5 wasn't #1

Wow! I have owned or driven several of these.

I purchased a 1988 350 iRock Z for $24,500. When I was 18 years old I sold it when I was 19 years old. Let me tell you something that one year I rocked that car to the limit. Wow what a beautiful car, I tested the top speed of my car with my brother-in-law‘s GSX 1100 Suzuki and I did 152 mph, I used to fishtail that car like it was nothing they know college drifting. Let me tell you something I was what you call adrift king, I love the car so much it was white. I pulled the stripes out from the dealer. I didn’t want no yellow stripes. The car looks phenomenal. All white with just eye decal. I will never forget. I am now 55 years old.

My favorite one is 1955 Chevrolet no two ways about it.

This is my car, and was asked what it runs off the throttle stop. It runs 10.40’s off the stop.

Great video!

That’s an awesome Chevelle with a really cool backstory!

Lucky guy, my dad thought taking me to a Custom Car show, was a once in a lifetime thing, along with taking me to a Drag Strip ( fortunately, I chose a Gasser/Altered exibition).

One fine looking car !!!

I had a 1984 in 1994. Two-tones cream goldish tan V-6. Loved that car.

1956 Mercedes! What is wrong with 1940's?

Cool.

FE stands for iron on the periodic table which makes sense as the intake manifold bare weighs 95 pounds. I normally use a cherry picker to install them. The starter placement is primo, you don't need to get under it to replace the starter. I swapped out 390 heads on my 360. Larger ports and lower octane requirements were my reasons.Don't let them kid you about the 406. it is a straight up race engine No matter the cost or the vehicle, if you find one, buy it! They are not cross bolted from the factory but because they are two bolt mains, a lot of builders employed that option as a cross bolted two bolt is two and a half times stronger than a four bolt.

My uncle James Fostey was one of the head engine designers for the FE motors. He worked for Ford in Detroit from the mid 1940's to the early 1980's. The 428 motors were hard to beat on the street. He had some good stories about these motors from long ago.

What about the 272? I rebuilt one.

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Awesome history lesson🎉

Oh there was a 410 FE and it was a great opportunity to build. A turbo app will be a monster. The basic FE block will handle 800-900 hp with a turbo setup.

What about the 428?

Did I miss the ELIMINATOR.

Slightly bigger bore spacing would have been nice.

I eat, sleep and breath the FE. I have loved these engines since I was a child, and my uncles had FE powered mustangs, torino and Fairlane. I will say that the 390 is the most lied about displacement amongst F series truck owners, especially 67-76 trucks. I have bought, sold and owned more than 30 F250 4x4 trucks over the last 35 years and every guy selling one claims "it's got a 390"😅. The 4x4 f250 never had a 390, only 352 and 360. I can't find any documents among my years of collecting Ford literature of the 4x4 leaving the dealer with the 390. My favorite FE build combination that I've built are 360/390 blocks with 428 rotating assembly for a 410ci displacement.