1960 Ford Starliner | 360 HP From a 352 FE Engine | Classic Muscle, So Much Style

[@ernestschultz5065]

I'm 60 years old now and I remember my mom had a 1960 Starliner in red. I still think about that car all the time. Wish I could have one.

[@markreisen7038]

Wheni was a kid in the mid 70's, I tried to talk my mom into buying a black 61 Starliner with a red interior.,292 Y block, but she wanted a newer car so she ended up buying a 68 Fury lll instead. Loved that Starliner.

[@JC-gw3yo]

Ford built so many absolutely beautiful cars

[@stevedolyniuk3358]

In the fall oh 1959 I ordered a new 1960 Ford with the 360 HP 352 cube engine, & three speed with overdrive tranny. At first, I was really disappointed. My friend with a 250 HP 348 Chevy could out run me, but later, after it had a few more miles & a good tune up, it made any 348 chevy look sick. Had 4.10 Equa Lock rear gears .

[@markreisen7038]

I've even heard these 352 hipo'swould give the 409's fits. In the early 60's with Ford's dedicated Total Performance they were whipping up on the gm and mopars like mad with cars like the Thunderbolt and light weight Galaxies were hard to beat.

[@bobbyheffley4955]

Of course, those are gross as opposed to net horsepower figures

[@aguyinnc2865]

Honestly didn't know Ford had ever offered a High Performance 352. Always thought the performance engines started with the 390 during this era, and especially in the Starliner. Such a work of art, nothing built today can compare to the older designs.

[@EPstroker]

Heck yes......they had a police interceptor 352 for the ford cop cars. I imagine that's what this engine is. A hot 352 will walk all over a 360 and keep up with a 390 pretty good.

[@thomasdaum1927]

They are works of art ! Especially the 66 7 Liter galaxy , one of the most beautiful cars ever built !…….

[@stevedolyniuk3358]

@@EPstroker This was not the same as a police interceptor. This was more of a factory racing engine. I believe thee Interceptor engine was rated @ 330 HP

[@billycollins1757]

Mechanical engineering makes me smile. Computer/digital engineering is fine if ya wanna have your fingers crossed all the time.

[@kimmorrison9169]

@@EPstrokerthe The Police Interceptor 352 only had 300 horses. The 360 horse version had way more hi po parts to give it that rating. Special heads, solid flat tappet cam, 540 cfm Holley carb, hi po cast iron exhaust manifolds, Aluminum intake manifold.

[@billycollins1757]

Love that speedometer. Entire car is one to admire.

[@danonoveh8114]

I really love those 60,starliners just nothing compares in my book💯💯💯🏁🏁🏁,thank you Evan for this video

[@richardh3540]

Early 70's made a 60 starliner into a quarter mile dirt track car. LOts of fun. Came with the 3 speed and 352

[@pamelavieira8013]

My husband had one black with red upholstery. Drag raced it healed the records. Still have one

[@93notchback]

Evan gets excited about the sound of the door shutting. I love it.

[@bobuncle8704]

Absolutely beautiful work of art. Looks great in black.

[@donwoolley1811]

I had a black '61 Starliner with the hi-po 390 and the 3 on the tree. No overdrive though. It was a monster and more than 1 "hot" Chevy found that out on the street. Loved that car.

[@brucehowie4794]

There's definitely something about hearing a 60s and 70s car door closing, I enjoyed your walk around this Classic.

[@robertchristie9434]

What always stuck in my mind about the '60 Fords was it's unique one year style & was very different from the '59s & the '61s. Looks great in black. I remember a TV broadcast in the summer of '60 at Detroit dragway that featured a '60 Pontiac Catalina 389 Hiper, '60 Chevy Biscayne 348 tripower, '60 Plymouth Fury 383 hiper & a '60 Ford starliner 352 hiper. Back rthen 1/4 mile runs in the low 15s was a big deal.

[@kimmorrison9169]

yep, you are exactly right about all those cars mentioned.

[@2098elk]

60 61 Starlinerrs were my favotite.s. Thanks.

[@uncleronny6748]

Wow that model has completely escaped my I-bleed-blue Ford radar all these years. I don't know why folks are so bummed by a three on the tree since some race classes used them. Nice restoration by the way.

[@moman406]

I had one of these while in high school in 1964 and 65.. it ran quite well. It had a 3;50 gear and no over drive.

[@sergebasque8460]

So much style and design in the 1960 with hp, she is a beautiful car.😮

[@crippleguy415]

Absolutely Beautiful Ford 😊👍🏻🇺🇸

[@gurneyforpresident2836]

Black beauty! Would like something like this in my stable.

[@josephtravers777]

FoMoCo's entry into the Horsepower Race of the '60s! Man, she's a beaut 👍

[@njseashorechas2698]

I love the big black 2 door FE powered sedans!

[@jimmymccormick142]

Great video as always love my Ford vehicles Ford power forever baby

[@dowen1511]

I think the best hot engine ford ever made was the 406cid 405 hp my dad had one in a 62 xl 4 speed man that thing would rip burn tiers in 3 gears no problem . but we had biasply tiers back then and them things sure would make noise and smoke . once he got some wide m60 ovals on the thing we found out it would actually corner good as well

[@jeremyjp77]

I want a 60 with the Hipo 352! One of these days!

[@johnlopez805]

Beautiful

[@johnkrag6]

Solid lifter block. I believe Fred Lorenzen drove one in NASCAR for Holman Moody

[@raiderjohnthemadbomber8666]

The stock FE intake manifold weighed 110# WITHOUT the carb. I used to hold dances in the trunk of my 65 Imperial. I, too like the sound of a solid door closing.

[@arkhsm]

How cool that the rocker cover badge says ... Ford High Performance Engine !!

[@johnhaskell6251]

First saw one coming at me while waiting for the school bus. What's with this thing. The solid lifter noise tipped me of this was different. Being a Ford kid, I wanted him to 'turn it on' after the corner. Yeah it was cool. They were to darn heavy at the drags.. Chevys were several hundred pounds lighter and every Ford I saw make a run was a one wheeler. I later got to see one give the competition everything they could handle. I made way to the pits and talked with the owner wherein he said the original engine lost a bearing. The engine was then machined to Ford blueprint specs. He said the way it came from Ford, it was way off. Once he had it machined it turned into an animal. He welded the spiders in the posi and then it was a winner. Remember the 'Butel-air' Firestone gummy street tires ? He was never beat after he bought those. Seems as I remember 13:80 - 13:90 through the exhaust. Some of the Super Stocks could run better but his was simply a street driver with those clattering lifters. He didn't have a tach, just feel and speedometer to shift. It was really fun to be a kid then.

[@revanevan]

Thanks for the great story and for watching our channel.

[@mescko]

Those times you mention sound pretty accurate, Les Ritchey's '61 390/401 Starliner ran 13.33. RIP Les.

[@mikecurtis2585]

Love seeing all of those Ford's!!!

[@429thunderjet2]

Cool ol car! My Paw bought a 60 Ranch Wagon new. 292 two speed auto. I believe the Ranch Wagon was actually based off the Star Liner or that body series anyway wasn't it? It had the fins. Was actually a pretty dependable car and he ran the wheels off of it untill there was hardly anything left. Even after I ran it in a demo derby, it still ran and drove. But finally it went to the junkyard. Its steel probably built a lot of Toyotas! Hah!

[@qwiked]

I remember one of those cars, equipped for drag racing (open exhaust, curved distributor, Casler slicks) running in the mid 13’s.

[@gt-37guy6]

Sounds about right, in three more years of racing they had the 1963 427 Thunderbolt running 11 sec, some into mid 10s I believe.

[@kimmorrison9169]

That engine was a one yr only option in ‘60 and was called the Thunderbird 352 Super. 1961 introduced the 390 that had ratings as high as 401 horses. These Galaxies are extremely rare with this engine combo.

[@chuckselvage3157]

I'm a NA guy as well 👍 What a hefty 352 and a beautiful car thanks for this.

[@mikethatguy27]

Good lord what a beauty 🙌👌

[@naughtyfred1639]

You gotta appreciate a guy that appreciates the body lines.

[@user-nm5yv6ij8w]

Those lower rear bumper indentations housed optional reflectors that matched the taillights above on some premium models.

[@chipwolny1525]

I have a 1960 starliner I recently built.. 428fe fuel injected with tkx 5 speed... great cars

[@B1Springfield]

I wish someone made an aluminum version of those high performance cylinder heads. Smaller heart shaped chambers really woke those engines up with a solid lifter cam. 352-360hp 390-375hp/390 3x2-401hp This 60 was a high 13, to 14 second car with the bias ply tires of the time

[@richardkersey8993]

My dad had one just like it.

[@bigmountain7561]

Wow what a beautiful machine, classic design and style. Not a fan of the three speed on a build like that but that’s the way it goes. Thank You 🙏 Great Videos!!! Happy New Year!!!

[@raybonecrusher4516]

I had one just like that, it was fast. Loved it.

[@Bbbbad724]

I love those! The 361 PI Edsel 303 hp was really cool and some had the 360 hp 352. I wish you could drive it, you would fall in love! A wonderful driver! The police loved them! And those same engines were available in Fire pickups for the Chief and in ambulance service. I rode in a fire pickup a 58 with a 303 hp Edsel 361. 4.05x3.5 and a solid cam and the tach would pull to 6k in every gear. Put it in 2nd and floor and the OD dropped and SHIT! It was the E-400 in the Edsel they made 409 ft lbs of torque and man in a 58 short WB Stepside it was faster than the cars, and 4.88 gears were available. I reed once that a well tuned 360 hp E-400 ( special special law enforcement) in the small 60 2dr sedan ticked into a toe in the 14s with 4.88s

[@markbreaux6613]

Man! Beautiful Car! 😮

[@roccofortura2468]

beautiful car

[@billmorris8496]

I love the lines on this car.

[@howardbedford6075]

I had heard of these cars many years ago first time I ever seen one!

[@JoelEllingboe]

My buddy bought a new 1960 black Starliner with the new 390 engine. 3 speed overdrive. I was 17 at the time, he was 21. First time I ever saw a 120MPH speedometer buried!

[@derrickzimny6015]

Beautiful car indeed

[@lars277]

That is a rare Starliner. I have only seen one in live. All kinds of Starliners, but only one with the 360 horse 352. I was in love with the 58 Police interceptor as well, 300 horse 352, three on the tree, OVERDRIVE. That was my dream car when I was real young. In the late fifties and early sixties Ford had an edge on all others as far as engines, in my opinion. The 390, 406, and 427 all in place in the early sixties. The Thunderbolt, oh my God. That 427 FE side oiler R code was under rated big time. I always thought they put out 460-476 horse instead of the 425 horse rating. I bet the production numbers on that 360 horse Starliner were very low. They only made that 360 horse in 1960, plus they only made the Starliners 3 years.

[@danrobbins5934]

BEAUTIFUL

[@tomhowe1510]

Im a mopar super gas racer. This 352 car really started everything. I've seen a pair of restored stockers run 13 flat spinning.

[@bogiewheelman71]

One sharp Ford.

[@fernandochaves9665]

Dark, sinister looking car, i agree. Please more 50s-early 60s stuff!! I'd love to see, for example, the Marauder with the 430 MEL, first american v8 with 400 hp, if i'm not mistaken. Great video as always! This car, probably low 15s quarter mile?

[@josephtravers777]

I've seen 15.1 in stock trim. I'm sure that could have been cut down if you could find 7" slick at the time.

[@fernandochaves9665]

@@josephtravers777 thanks.

[@sorshiaemms5959]

the first time a FORD advertised making more than 1 hp per cube the 57 312 F motor was rated at 300 but was closer to 340 hp

[@stevedolyniuk3358]

That was the 312 with a Paxton supercharger. The highest naturally aspirated 312 was rated @ 285 HP.

[@rondressler4510]

My older brother bought this car new in 1960 from my uncle who was a Ford dealer in Mascautah Illinois. I was 9 years old and was with my brother and my dad to pick it up. He traded off a 1956 Chevrolet. The car was also equipped from the factory with dual ignition (2 sets of points) and 3 inch brakes. My brothers car was black with yellow interior. Beautiful car, he added chrome skirts.

[@rickstrandberg6398]

Fantastic!🤠

[@THROTTLEPOWER]

Enjoyed!!!! 👍👍

[@dowen1511]

A interesting foot note here. In 1961 only ford did have a 4 speed transmission a borg warner unit but it still had a H shift on the column with a lever under the dash to engage reverse . goofy stuff Till ford developed a shifter for the 62 model year. And very late production 61 Ford's in the 300 fairlane line did have a floor mounted shifter cause NASCAR insisted or ford could not race they had to offer one . guys actually tried using the 4 speed column shift and it was just getting hung up all the time linkage locked or bound . but there are a few hundred 61 Ford's out there with a 4 speed on the tree. I think a guy has one on you tube even .

[@georgekrpan3181]

The '60 was so beautiful, way more so than the '61 which I always felt was a step backwards.

[@chrisegnatz3668]

I not a Ford fan,but what a beautiful car.

[@robertmayott5835]

Great car.

[@paulstroud2706]

Sweet!!!I had one

[@godsowndrunk1118]

I love those old Starliners... especially the 1960.... I've got a set of 352 Hi Po heads, intake, exhaust manifolds and a set of Thunderbird rocker covers on the shelf....and a 67 F-250 with a stock 352.... So......?

[@samuelfreeman9518]

I'd direct message @REVan Evan about your parts. Maybe he could get you in contact with this museum and you can get some money for your parts. It's obvious that this car has got the wrong exhaust manifolds and possibly the wrong intake. As you know, both were one year only pieces. Just a thought.

[@godsowndrunk1118]

@@samuelfreeman9518 The exhaust manifolds appear to be correct to me....they look like my C0AE manifolds, anyway. And as far as I can tell it has the correct intake.....the number 5 intake runner seems disappear into the intake like it's supposed to. I was thinking the 360 Hi Po had Thunderbird rocker covers, but that was the 390 and 406 Hi Po's. So it all looks correct to me and I'd love to get an air cleaner like that ....very hard to find Thanks for the suggestion about selling , but my stuff isn't for sale at this time. I'm planning to take the 352 out of my 67 F-250 and us it to build a Hi Po clone and replace it with a 74 390 truck engine I have .

[@imskeptic1]

Very cool.

[@HCRacing]

Is this museum open to the general public? I would love to get a closer look at this car. I am restoring one of these right now and would love to see some details up close.

[@travislostaglia8861]

The 57 f- code 312 made 300 hp supposedly there was two different cam’s available one for 300 hp and one called the (Nascar) cam made 340 hp

[@frankrice6695]

Travis, they did, my 57 F code made 377 on the Dyno and it is stock!

[@shelbyduprey6189]

Extremely cool car. I would've liked a little more info on the drivetrain and less about the trim though

[@gt-37guy6]

You can always tell the buff n' shine crowd from the motorhead crowd! I go to allot of car shows and there is always the guy feverishly polishing his car, and when you ask him about the engine or drive line they give you this blank look....lol.

[@franciscovzcn762]

Thats got a somewhat ecclectic design homeboy.

[@sergeantmasson3669]

I had a 352 360 HP in a white convertible with B/W T-10 manual transmission.

[@zrxer2]

Wasn't that engine equipped with a solid lifter camshaft as well?

[@frankrice6695]

Yes!

[@mardyfisher693]

Wow the shifter is on the column and the linkage goes down to the transmission! Just imagine that .

[@sorshiaemms5959]

love to have one

[@shawnbeck2303]

I was born in 1960. I went back and looked at the HP ratings. I was amazed at this car. It was a Muscle car in sheep's clothing. Then the 390 and 427 engines came along. Ford got on the muscle car map. They are still trying. But the muscle car era is over. Shawn.

[@whosthere2707]

Die hard Ford guy. I have a few ford antique and muscle car. The only year ford I think is ugly a friend tried selling me one and even lowered the price and still couldn't bring myself to buy it .IMO you have to sneak up on it to get in it

[@bobtis]

Awesome car. How did they stamp out those parts. Seams filled with lead? Look at those angles. 1960? How did they build that car I would love to know. If anyone can answer my question please post it. 😁😁

[@pughoneycutt1986]

Fastest car I ever rode in looked just like this one. It had a 427 in it

[@jeffoman54]

Only two of those engines came from the factory. Awesome car

[@Tannerrebuilds]

Love em. Interesting that this one dont have a radio. And how did you get interior stuff

[@henrysosebee9241]

My brother had a 1960 Ford starliner I was 16 years old I would take it out for a spin I would drive it so fast it would get loose on rear same setup as the black car but it was white 😮😢

[@thomasdaum1927]

I am curious of the compression , cam specs and carb size .

[@stevedolyniuk3358]

If I remove correctly the comp ratio was either 11 to 1 or 11 .2 to 1 Comp ratio, a 750 cam Carter AFB carb solid lifter cam & a dual point distributor, also had better flowing exhaust manifolds. Most came with a holly carb, but I asked for the Carter AFB.

[@stevedolyniuk3358]

These cars with that engine also came with 15" wheels & tires & bigger brakes from the factory.

[@thomasdaum1927]

@@stevedolyniuk3358 Thanks for the info , I was 8 years old in 1960 and didn’t get interested in cars until the mid 60s . My dad bought a new 64 Galixe 500 with a 390 , great car . The only repairs I can remember are brakes and a water pump ( normal maintenance ) . My current baby is a 2003 Marauder with 29,000 original miles , just drove it to the store and back today . Love that car !…….

[@roybarlett4880]

Had A 1960 Fairlane ,Blue

[@texasfoci]

Liked/Subbed.

[@coreysmithsvt]

What was the master cylinder comment about?

[@maximesavoie7922]

Wow

[@invoxicated]

This is when they made real cars. None of the plastic crap they make today comes even close to this era of cars. Or the styling. If you took all the emblems off the cars today I couldn't tell them apart.

[@JohnSample-h6n]

What was the compression ratio?

[@quagmiredavis4117]

The tri power version was 400 hp the clips holding manifold bolts are missing on exhaust headers

[@walnutmanor]

Tripower or 6v started in 61 on the 390. Increased horsepower from 375 HP to 401 HP. Was never used on the 352.

[@quagmiredavis4117]

@@walnutmanor 352 did have 400 hp version and tri power

[@DanEBoyd]

Beautiful car. In my opinion, it needs some Cragar SS or some old-style Chrome Reverse wheels with Baby Moons.

[@bradzimmerman3171]

Wheels yes crappy "baby moons " NO*! those caps were so cheap but rusted quickly and that's awesome

[@joeschlotthauer840]

What's the car's length?

[@garys1266]

Not sure I would want to do a quarter mile in tube tires.

[@richardhemenway7528]

That 352 to be built in to a 427.

[@wahidazizi7762]

Ok

[@Comet-hn3gm]

Style that has been lost. There is so much redundancy in the cars today.

[@Ecosse57]

a stunning car i'd say was influenced much by the futura concept car. makes 99.9% of modern cars a styling embarrassment in comparison.

[@snocrushr]

Obviously you don't know what a "Gun Turret" is.😅

[@revanevan]

I’m definitely no gun expert.

[@ervinthompson6598]

Holman-Moody grafted a Starliner roof on a '62 Galaxie,to try and aerodynamically improve on the 406's shortcomings..... they could not turn at a competitive enough RPM (bottom end failures were common) - they were phased out in 1963, with the introduction of the legendary 427, which would run at 7 or 8 grand all day ; Ned Jarrett lapped the field 14 TIMES in the '65 Southern 500 behind such a motor.

[@bradzimmerman3171]

What good is the hubcraps, makes it look lame, rather the NASCAR look black wheels yea that's sinister wheel covers silly

[@joeinmi8671]

These cars rotted so badly, that's why we Hardly see any today.

[@429thunderjet2]

But hey, all those old cars rotted away. That's what happens to real steel!

[@gurneyforpresident2836]

Not here on the west coast. Used to be very common when I was kid.

[@gerrywood3584]

Blue stars desenaes hi performance