Or maybe there are some other upgrades I should make as part of the rebuild?įe edsels and merc used different colors. If its the original engine I think I prefer to rebuild it in its current displacement, but conversion to a 390 is also apparently common.Īny other comments on whether it makes sense to rebuild the 352 Thunderbird Special engine? I've always considered them the low end step-child engine of the FE series, but this one seems more interesting. It had 10.2 compression and a Holley 4 barrel, but but I can't find out whether it had different heads or any other special components. The 1960 FE 352 4 barrel Thunderbird Special engine was rated at 300 HP, but I don't know how well that worked in a car this heavy. Would these have been stock engine paint colors in 1960? However, I'm used to seeing the later FE air cleaner and valve covers painted with Ford blue colors. This engine has very pitted cream/yellow colored valve covers, and a repainted cream colored air cleaner.

I'm looking at a 1960 Ford Thunderbird that appears to have the original 352 4 barrel engine (it starts and runs).

Tbird 1960