i hate these threads 390 in a A? pics?

I am doin a A sedan on 32 rails pinched and bobberd and gonna run a 390 with a 4 speed and a halibrand quickie,
does anybody have a similar set up in an A no fenders , post pics if ya do , Im catchin hell as i have done about a million with sbc eng and never with a big ford in my life and my buddies are havin a great time with me over it ha.. but im doin it duece shell, chopped 30 sedan halibrand wheels etc..

 

I hope you mean an AMC 390!! That would be killer!!!

 

UH...NO..........A ...UH ford

 

AMC...ha ha ha......

 

ISN'T IT YOUR BEDTIME OR SOMETHING HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

 

Well, that's ONE way to keep someone from STEALIN' it!!!

"That's right, Jethro...just set that big ANCHOR 'tween the frame rails!!!"


Ha Ha Ha...just funnin' ya of course...but I'd bet dollars to donuts on an AMC 390 showin you the way to the finish line!!!

 

Actually it is, papa.....

 

A ford in a ford ??? Do people still do that ? Sounds ok to me. Seems like Hemis are the new sbc , so do something different a go big ford .

 

YEPPER, THREE PEDALS , A BIG FORD AND A 4 SPEED

 

Sounds good to me !!!

 

I FIGURED IF IT WAS GOOD FOR U GUYS I AM HOME FREE. THANKS.. STILL NEED PICS ...

 

Not sure if it's a 390, but it is an FE.

 

thanks i will have mine more out frt i think,

 

honestly if the owner hasnt had it apart he probably doesnt know if its a 390 or a 360 or any FE for that matter. Still an FE. Still cool in my book

 

Bill Burnham's baby blue highboy had a big block (FE) motor. It got more than a little coverage in Street Rodder years ago.

 

here's my FE. if i ever find a coupe....

 

damned fine lookin FE I'd say ......i have one just like it

 

btt

 

A 390 in an "A" Far out! The FE was Ford's small block Chevy. It was a 50's engine so you won't have to hear "well yeah it runs good but it's not traditional". I know of a guy here in FLA that has one in a `32 3- Window but regretfully I have no pics. If you're brave you can even hook them to the early Ford trans and rear via an adapter. Should'nt be too hard to find.

 

Oh duh I just noticed you're running a 4- speed with Halibrand. Very cool indeed. Hey if you're sbc buddies keep it up tell them the FE Ford engine was the ONLY engine in history to win the Daytona 500, the 24 Hours of LeMans and an NHRA Top Fuel ***le in the same year. It was'nt to long after that performance that the rulesmakers intervened and jiggled things around to make sure the rodents could still compete. Bet'cha they won't believe ya but it's true.

 

mmmmmmmmm well ill show em this , hehe

 

that is a good lookin fe ive never seen thoes valver covers befor i say keep it but you dont know how bif it is uless u tair it apart 352-427?

 

what he said?

 

You have seen my 390 in my 27 haven't you?

 

You're a little late on this swap.....The late great Bill Burnham, of Street Rodder Magazine ran a 390FE Ford mill for years in his 29 on 32 rails Model A roadster...he lengthened his frame 4" to accomodate the FE engine....firewall was uncut....

It wasn't a very popular engine for some reason, but his car was a driver...he'd go to Bonneville in it every eyar, then ride back home to CA and go to the next car event--with Bonneville Salt still on the car body....

I know that the FE 390 was a good runner....one of my best friends lost his driver's license when he was 16 and drag racing his mother's Mercury Station Wagon equipped with 390 power and a C6 automatic transmission.

If he didn't back down, the cops would have never caught him!...

RIP Tim Stone....

 

My buddies building a 30 coupe with a 390 in it. It was going to be a 4spd until someone through $ at him for the ******, now it's an automatic. I'll look for pics or take some this weekend.

 

My first engine was a 390 FE with a C6 in a 1976 F100, nice lumpy cam and decent gears in the rear. The truck was green, with a light green cab, an orange bed, and one brown and yellow door. It was originally all green, but I rolled it at age 15 after switching from a standard to the C6. I had to replace the cab myself. In its multi color form, there wasnt a car around that would back down from a race. Beat the hell out of all of them.

I got the engine in a 1949 F1 now, but it hasnt ran in ten years. That is just cause my Sister rolled the old 76 about ten years ago and I put it in the 49 within the last couple years but never finished it for favor of working on the 35.

 

call me a 'tard, but what does FE stand for?

 

it means fe???????? the family of ford engines that are fe are a few 352, 360,390, 406,427, 428 I think is it

 

"Ford and Edsel" is what I've heard.

Dragrcr50 what trans are you gonna use???