I received a phone call last evening from Lon and Lynne Argent from Australia. Just wanted to wish me a Merry Christmas! Just goes to re-affirm the fact that I am truly blessed to have such a great circle of friends. The website is coming up on it's fourth birthday in just over a month, and four years ago today I didn't know all of you.



As Bob Martin put it in a recent letter, the racing at Columbus is really secondary to the "family" get together. Bob said something to me when the site was only a few days old that I really laughed at then, he said "This site will become the crossroads for Y-Block people all over the world." Because of all of your activities and input, that has become a reality. That is not Jim's doing, I only provide the place for you to come to. Stop and think of the newbies that have gotten on here not knowing which end of a screwdriver to grab (myself included), you guys that are so knowledgable have taken them by the hand and walked them through what to do step by step in a language that they could understand, but not at all talking down to them. We have several Y-Block powered vehicles on the road today because of that "knowledge sharing".



As I look to this next year, I can't even imagine what will happen. Who would have thought that we would have two eight second cars in our midst? And one of them will be in the sevens this year without any doubt. We see more aftermarket things specifically for our engines being manufactured, what's next? Will we ever really see aluminum heads? Hard to say, but is still a good possibility. I have been working with a friend over the last few months on some ideas that will enhnce the look and functionality of the website in general. Since I am not a programmer, I am having to be patient as the design is built. Once that is done, I will be totally recreating all profiles, etc. We will gain the ability for you to enter a profile totally online, upload pictures to the site via your web browser, even upload articles. Too many other neat things will be happening to list here, but you will like them.



Our daughter and b/f should be here soon for Christmas so I will just wish everyone a blessed and safe Christmas and hope to see many new faces in Columbus in September.


Jim (site owner)
'56 Club Sedan - Ted Eaton built 429 hp '292/318, '54 Sunliner - stock '302