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Apparently, Edelbrock named the Ford-Edsel in '59.
By Dave Shoe - 07/15/2001 11:36:16 PM; IP 216.243.158.34
I've been browsing old car mags, and have noticed a general trend in 1957-1959 where the media calls the FE engine a "Ford and Edsel" engine.

Edelbrock advertised it's first FE intake (six 2-V carbs) just months after the release of the FE. Back then, the early 1958 advertisments referred to it as the "Ford and Edsel..." intake, complete with a picture of the intake being offered in either 3-bolt or 4-bolt carb flange versions.

In December of 1959 the Edelbrock advertisment in Motor Life magazine has shortened it's description to simply the "Ford-Edsel" intake.

The Edsel name would soon be forgotten, as the Edsel division had already been abandonned by Ford when this ad was published. The new "small Edsel" which was planned would instead become the Mercury Comet.

Apparently, the Ford-Edsel notation would be lost for more than a decade, until the Ford marketing department decided it needed to create "engine family names" when the 351 Cleveland was released, to help identify the growing array of engines which Ford was selling at the time. FE made sense to the marketing department, though they never actually stated what the acronym mean't.

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Collapse <b>Apparently, Edelbrock named the Ford-Edsel in '59.</b>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>07/15/2001</i></font>Apparently, Edelbrock named the Ford-Edsel in '59. -- Dave Shoe, 07/15/2001
 Oh, also, "Log" manifolds refer to 12V intakes. -- Dave Shoe, 07/16/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=7246&Reply=7224><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor7246" onclick="return false;">So thats where it came from!! n/m</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Ed Jenkins, <i>07/18/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=7246', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor7246') }); </script>  So thats where it came from!! n/m -- Ed Jenkins, 07/18/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=7248&Reply=7224><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor7248" onclick="return false;">I think I know how the 390 displacement was chosen</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>07/18/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=7248', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor7248') }); </script>  I think I know how the 390 displacement was chosen -- Dave Shoe, 07/18/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=7249&Reply=7224><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor7249" onclick="return false;">I've often wondered why my 352 runs like it does..</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>ED Jenkins, <i>07/18/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=7249', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor7249') }); </script>  I've often wondered why my 352 runs like it does.. -- ED Jenkins, 07/18/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=7250&Reply=7224><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor7250" onclick="return false;">It sounds like Holman&Moody designed the 352HP.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>07/19/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=7250', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor7250') }); </script>  It sounds like Holman&Moody designed the 352HP. -- Dave Shoe, 07/19/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=7251&Reply=7224><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor7251" onclick="return false;">Here's another soon-to-be familiar name.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>07/19/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=7251', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor7251') }); </script>  Here's another soon-to-be familiar name. -- Dave Shoe, 07/19/2001
 I sorta get the drift that... -- Dave Shoe, 07/19/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=7256&Reply=7224><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor7256" onclick="return false;">RE: Here's another soon-to-be familiar name.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Richard Bouman, <i>07/19/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=7256', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor7256') }); </script>  RE: Here's another soon-to-be familiar name. -- Richard Bouman, 07/19/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=7257&Reply=7224><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor7257" onclick="return false;">I just read it tonite.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>07/19/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=7257', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor7257') }); </script>  I just read it tonite. -- Dave Shoe, 07/19/2001
Collapse <a href=../ForumFE/reply.aspx?ID=7258&Reply=7224><img src=../images/reply.png width=30 height=10></a>&nbsp;<a href="#" id="anchor7258" onclick="return false;">He got 19 mpg driving to Bonneville, with air conditioning, too.</a>&nbsp;-- <font color=#0000ff>Dave Shoe, <i>07/19/2001</i></font><script type="text/javascript"> new HelpBalloon({ dataURL: 'replyb.aspx?ID=7258', contentMargin: 60, icon: $('anchor7258') }); </script>  He got 19 mpg driving to Bonneville, with air conditioning, too. -- Dave Shoe, 07/19/2001
 I wish that my 352 would get 19 mpg. I'm lucky.... -- Ed Jenkins, 07/21/2001
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