heres the pics of my warmed up 390 back together. had a ton of help from everyone here, especially Jim that did my Distributor. Its now all painted and mostly ***embled, i just gotta get the waterpump painted and put it back on. heres some pics.
Those Chromed E400 valve covers look great. Nice build. Looks like the original Mechanical Tach drive dizzy as well. No stamped steel timing cover but you stated 390 & not 391. Do you have the long neck waterpump?
The timing cover is dated a 63 unit. its the original 361 block, but its got 390 innards in it. its kinda a hodge podge of parts.
From my understanding 1958 Edsel had a stamped TC cover & a waterpump that had a shaft about 1" longer. I've got one here & wondered if you were using one. It's really odd looking compared to other FE pumps. I think that the pulleys were also different? I'll have to check the 1958 361 I've got. Nice job & how you also thanked those who helped.
I love the way the early FEs look with the oil fill in the intake and smooth valve covers. I cant believe how many people dont know what a FE is. People cant seem to figure out what one is. I had a dude look at my 56 and say, yep, still has the Y block. Close anyway. Looks good man Brad
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