But I will bow to your description as you had a 360HP engine at one time. The only photos of the 1960 352/360HP I have seen showed a closed air cleaner asm. From the arrangement of the draft tube/fitting it's more than likely that's a big hunk of aluminum on top of that engine. Yes, that's what I was originally trying to describe in order to distinguish between the stock cast-iron manifold and the aluminum hipo version. The aluminum 4v is waiting for an opportunity to be used again. I took it off in favor of an "M"-series setup in '06 and still have it on the car. I have one of these from a '60 full-size that I used on my '63 T-bird in '05. The road draft tube is correct for an aluminum hipo intake (bold italics added to emphasise edit-AT). I think it's all adding up that this engine has all the earmarks of a HiPo 352 or HiPo 390, a neat find in itself. Previous Discussion of 360SPEC And BIRD Useage. The earlier BIRD and 430 MEL (HOLMAN-MOODY prepped and raced) were dropped as the BIRD body was so heavy). When FORD returned to NASCAR in 1960, they went with this engine and the FORD STARLINER BODY. His using FORD stamper rocker covers either identifies it as a 1960 engine or that is the perception he is trying to imply. I also did not think FORD left corporate blue until 1961 THUNDERBIRD rocker covers. The cast iron intakes of the period used the road draft tube you are referring to- PN C0AE 6758-C (60/64 A, PC). Something else to look at is the throttle cable on the driver's side of the manifold: I don't think this was used until the late '60s, so there have been a variety of modifications made to install this non-original engine.The road draft tube is correct. Further, the '60 360hp engines and Police Interceptors had an open element air cleaner like the one pictured, and the 360hp had gold painted valve covers. It might be a painted aluminum HiPo 4v intake that was first used in '60 on the 352-360hp cars-it had an opening on the top rear of the intake for a stamped metal basket and wire mesh filter, a fitting for the draft tube/retaining plate or, in later years, a hose nipple for a PCV system, but would need some more detail shots to tell. Road draft tube for '61 entered from the back of the cast iron intake manifold and was pressed in, not through a fitting screwed into the manifold from the top. Something else to look at is the throttle cable on the driver's side of the manifold: I don't think this was used until the late '60s, so there have been a variety of modifications made to install this non-original engine. Is this a J-BIRD origionally?Road draft tube for '61 entered from the back of the cast iron intake manifold and was pressed in, not through a fitting screwed into the manifold from the top. The fuel filter was used on HI-PO and Police vehicles of that era. The rocker covers (FORD) have been painted gold and it appears the air cleaner is a cut down open filter. It would be great if someone could photograph and document this installation.I for one would be very interested in how they got those factory shorties between the aprons.īy the road draft tube style, this appears to be a 61/63 engine (intake at least). Note that the car is missing the power steering pump, either the car was not equipped or the PS had to be removed for header clearance.Īparently someone figured out how to install factory headers into the Sqbird. Most notably, are Cast Iron shorty Headers, also circa 60's Galaxie. In the pictures you can see the fuel filter canister -circa 60's Galaxie- and the PCV type intake. While looking at Sqbirds on Hemmings I came across a picture of a 60 Convert that appears to have a early sixties vintage Galaxie FE engine installed with a 3speed OD transmission.
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