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By Dan in Seattle - 15 Years Ago
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One of my best framers that's been working on my site has been continuously interested in my F100. Today the site power went out, I sent the crew home but I invited him to my garage to check out the Ranch and Bird. He had told me that he'd been finishing up an installation of a 454 and chev front clip in a 56 F100 for his grandson, oh great, another useless trailer queen! As he just had a heart issue a couple of weeks ago I warned him what I was going to do and to buckle his seat belt and showed him where to hold on.
This is a well travelled path for me. The secondaries open up the same time I straighten out in the travel lane and then both 8" tires break lose and it does 3-5 swings before it catches traction on the dry pavement, just with secondaries opening up, no clutch work, and that's just what it did, I didn't bother with anything fancy with 2nd, just went into overdrive and cruised to the garage.
Mike said he hadn't felt vehicle power like that for years, my point to him was why waste a good truck with an unreasonable engine in the 56 when they could have kept it driveable and exciting with a Yblock. He said he never had a Yblock and brought up that silly old oiler issue. He had no idea these engines had that kind of power with a simple 292 4bbl, $175 headers and a 4:11 posi rearend. He's got a line on a rebuildable 59 F100 and I'd bet that'll be his next adventure, Mikes one of my best guys and I sure hope he lives long.
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By Bob's 55 - 15 Years Ago
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Wow, Man that's awesome...
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