As far as the FE standing for Ford Edsel I had heard from some of the old Ford engineers at Tripple E (EEE) building including The late Don Sullivan originally it stood for Ford Enginereed
It came out in 1958 same year as Edsel but was used in Mercurys and Ford heavy Trucks ( 361 & 391) class 8 trucks. I worked on a task force for excessive bore war in early 70s E&L Transport had a fleet of the heavy trucks used to haul Ford Products to dealers from the assembly plants. The thinking on the Ford Enginereed was to impress the truck market light, medium and heavy duty.
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Originally Posted by Ken Miele
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