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By LON - 15 Years Ago
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Just thinking today , does YBF have room for a "Hall of Fame " section ??? Maybe we can nominate one inductee per year or something ??? On second thoughts , how about starting with 10 or 12 or 20 ,then adding one per year ???? The new "Hall of Famer " could be announced at Columbus on the presentation night ??? .Would like to hear anyones ideas ???Just a thought ??? Lon PS . Karol Miller would have to be Number 1 .????
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By Moz - 15 Years Ago
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good idea lon but i reckon 1 a year if you did 10, 12 or 20 first up there would be no one following that & need a seperate catagory for the canadians lol
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By BFOOTER03 - 15 Years Ago
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Great idea. Miller and Mummert have to be on the first round short list of inductees.
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By Daniel Jessup - 15 Years Ago
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Fellas, that sounds great! And how about an International Y Block Museum? We could put in Dennis Carpenter's overhead cam parts/setup, Weslake heads, VR57 parts and setup, cross sections of the Y block, 3 deuce setups, Hilborn fuel injection, all the differfent valve covers, Eaton's EMC engine, and on and on. That's just a few parts. Now what about the cars? We could... Hey, wait a sec, our cars aren't museum pieces!  Come to think of it, neither are the parts! We run our cars flat out, and flog our motors something fierce!  Anywho, I would make the annual trip to Mecca for the Y block museum...and to see the y block hall of fame
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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Daniel Jessup (5/13/2010)
Fellas, that sounds great! And how about an International Y Block Museum? We could put in Dennis Carpenter's overhead cam parts/setup, Weslake heads, VR57 parts and setup, cross sections of the Y block, 3 deuce setups, Hilborn fuel injection, all the differfent valve covers, Eaton's EMC engine, and on and on. That's just a few parts. Now what about the cars? We could... Hey, wait a sec, our cars aren't museum pieces! Come to think of it, neither are the parts! We run our cars flat out, and flog our motors something fierce! Anywho, I would make the annual trip to Mecca for the Y block museum...and to see the y block hall of fame Daniel, you,re close! most of us are musuem pieces!!!!!
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By 55Birdman - 15 Years Ago
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Bill if you are ready to go to a museum I want your car!
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By Y block Billy - 15 Years Ago
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You can have the car, I'll just take his parts, I think he already has his own Y block museum of parts.
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By Highvoltage - 15 Years Ago
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I can donate a set of involved argie phase 2 parts!
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By John Mummert - 15 Years Ago
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I nominate Karol Miller, John Feistritzer and Jerry Christenson. Maybe it could be broken down to racecars, unusual parts, people. Maybe even unusual people. Most of us would qualify for the latter. We would probably need a moderator so people couldn't post pics of their hum drum cars even though they are prized to them.
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By Y block Billy - 15 Years Ago
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Lon, you would have to go in the hall of fame for the most travelled Y Block enthusiast. and we could start with a wax figurine of you for the museum.
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By aussiebill - 15 Years Ago
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Y block Billy (5/23/2010)
Lon, you would have to go in the hall of fame for the most travelled Y Block enthusiast. and we could start with a wax figurine of you for the museum. He does look well travelled! doesnt he??
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By PF Arcand - 15 Years Ago
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My nomination for the Hall of Fame would be the driver who likely had the most success racing Y Blocks, the late NASCAR driver, Curtis Turner. Just for the record, in 56-57 running in the Convertible division only, he won 33 races! And in 56 in a Customline H.Top he also won the longest race of the season, the Southern 500 at Darlington. He out distanced the 2nd place Chrysler 300-B by 2 laps!!
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By LON - 15 Years Ago
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Thanks Bill ( Maniac ) for the thought ,but can you imagine what some Canadians (RB ) would do to a WAX statue of me ????? I would hate to think ???? Can you imagine having a " Y -Block Hall of Fame ".Maybe someone could mention to the Henry Ford Museum about having a Y-Block section ??? I have been lucky enough to have been there a few times and they are always changing things around . If only Madam Tussauds (wax museum) and the HFM could get together ?? Life like statues of Curtis Turner ,Fireball Roberts etc,etc, .What about 10 or 20 replica race cars ??? I want to buy a ticket NOW . Lon
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By Y block Billy - 15 Years Ago
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Yes Lon, I guess I could imagine what the Canadiens would do to a wax figure of you, But we could ask for their lighters and matches at the door.
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By MoonShadow - 15 Years Ago
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Ear wax?
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