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Cool info.
By Dave Shoe - 06/24/2004 11:52:05 PM; IP 216.243.176.34
I learned a few neat things here.

I do suspect there were no 1960 352 police cars which came with the HP exhaust manifolds as part of the package. The philosophy of police engines back then was economy and reliability, and Ford did not even offer a specific "police" version of the FE until 1961, choosing instead to drop the 352-4V into most high-end police cruisers from 1958-60. Special treatment came in the form of the 361 Edsel FE getting stuffed into a Ford police vehicle.

Cost was critical in getting police contracts, so I don't think Ford would have installed HP headers into 1960 police cars unless the particular police department wished to buy a few sets in an "over the counter" kind of fashion. HP headers would have simply ate into profits, since most of the contracts would have been priced and signed during the log-exhaust days.

The first police-specific FE showed up in 1961 with the birth of the 390, and I'm certain the HP exhausts were added only because of the sex-appeal which helped sell contracts. The 390PI still got skinny rods, iron intakes and mild mechanical cams, and did NOT get the cam, carb, intake, or compression of the 390HP engine. The 390PI was an affordable engine.

Cost was King in selling police contracts in the early 1960s, and Ford was on top in that game.

JMO,
Shoe.
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 thanks for some history on the first Fero -- blinker, 06/22/2004
 RE:352HP bit test -- Tony P., 06/22/2004
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Cool info. -- Dave Shoe, 06/24/2004
 RE: Block numbers -- Bob, 09/23/2004
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