Here are  a couple of photos of the Larin engine stand and the Y block mounts that Kurt made for me. I have about $380 in a brand new stand complete with gas tank, Y block mounts, tach, oil pressure and temp gauge, and ignition switch...hopefully I can get this set up after our senior trip coming up this week...

The mounts are actually sitting backwards of their final spacing (weight towards the rear). The other piece would hold the bellhousing.

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Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Just and update....

I have been pretty busy lately, with not much spare time to work on anything other than my job responsibilities which have been over 60 hours a week at times. Include a little honey do's and family time with the kiddos, and the projects take a back seat.

Anyway, if anyone is interested, I am putting together a quick engine run stand by a simple modification of a Larin Engine Testing Station (that Eastwood Company sells - I believe the unit is actually made in Canada, eh?). Their model is really put together for a scrub, with a couple of Kurt Stumpf's block supports, for about $380 total, I will have a pretty good looking stand for a Y with tach, gas can, oil pressure gauge, temp gauge, ignition switch, etc.

I will try to post a few photos when Kurt's pieces arrive.

Dan

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

My son and I worked on one of the fenders this afternoon. I had picked up a fender patch panel (lower end towards the rocker panel) from Macs up in New York. Heavy enough gauge - looked good. But the lines were not pronounced enough for my liking. I can make it work, but it takes more time to work the metal a little.

Barring me finding NOS patches, what are y'all using for 55 and 56 Ford passenger cars for patch panels? Someone has told me about EMS and that they have high quality. I did order a quarter panel from them the other day, but have not seen one of their fender panels...

Any pros/cons??

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Daniel, you certainly are having a good run with the parts, will be worth the effort, i believe the 272/fordomatic rear end ratio would be approx 3.2 and manual trans around 3.7. Best regards, Aussie Bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

For anyone that's interested - we are still pulling parts off of that old parts car. Just too much to list. That hood is just about 100%, inside and out. The fenders will only need a patch panel on the bottom, and after taking apart some of the inner fenders, things are looking up. I also sold off the drivers side fender off the sunliner (it had a 56 fender on it). My buddy Wayne bought it from me for $200. He has a 56 Town Sedan, loves Y blocks, but knows about nothing when it comes to computers. I have tried to get him on here before.

I could not find the tag for the rear end on that sunliner. Anyone happen to know what the 55 sunliner came with originally when it had a 272 and a Fordomatic? I do have a 56 station wagon rear end assembly that I could switch out for the whole works. I am planning to go with one of the 3 speeds I have laying around, make a floor shift car with the Hurst kit I have (I really want to get a set of Christenson's headers - they look good, and I'll bet they will really perform). One of these days I would like to put a blown 312 in her...when the economy picks up

Jessup

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Daniel ,

Looks like you have a great project ahead of you . That was a smart move buying the parts car .That will save you heaps on money .I think your son has already figured that one out ??? Smart boy you have there . He probably has plans on taking it to school when it's finished already ??? He is the "Y-Blocker " of the future . Teach him well .Also wish him a Happy Birthday from the Y-Block Family .There is a lot of kids in the world that would wish for a father like you .

Regards Lon .

yblocksdownunder

Hey Dan;;   my wife makes cards.  If you would be interested I will ask her to come up with a car card for you??  She made some Christmas cards with a Hot Rod  56 pickup (ford of course).  Let me know.    God Bless   Eddie

Eddie

Lake Forest, Ca. 92630

Ok, I just had to put this up on the website - my boy will get a real kick out of it. This morning I went out to the driveway to keep scavenging parts off the 55 Town Sedan parts car. I need the dash and some other things from the interior. So...I bundled up to handle the cold weather (we just had a good snow and an ice storm this week) and started to walk outside the basement when my little boy, EJ, (he turns 6 next Saturday, the 7th) piped up and said, "Dad, where are you going?" I told him and he replied, "Can't I help too? I like old cars!" I smiled, helped him get dressed, and then we both plodded outside, peeled the snow/ice riddled car cover back a little bit and prepared to get in the front seat with our tools.

He told me, "Dad, I sure hope I get a birthday card with an old car on the front..."

"Yep, that would be nice, son," I said. (thinking to myself - Where in the world can I find a B-day card for a 6 year old that has a Y block-powered car on it?)

This photo is of us in the front seat taking out the glove compartment. He was pretty handy with a screwdriver - I let him do quite a bit. Sure, it's pretty slow, and yes, I didn't make much headway after an hour or so...but we had a good time together and that is what it is all about!

One thing I will add. As we went back in the house and took in a few boxes of hardware and other parts, he asked me, "Dad, can you pay me a dollar?" I about fell out - this boy's an old fashioned entrepeneur! Ok, I said - you earned it.

I am truly blessed

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

Fellas - I guess I am going to have to change my signature photo My Club Sedan is now in the hands of my Father-in-Law! That's right, not my dad, but my father-in-law, David Martin. Old pops has his sights set on a 56 and changed his mind about my 55 - oh well - it's all in the family.

I will be getting my father-in-law, Dave Martin, on this site, too. He has been asking me, "Now what are you going to do to the Y block in your convertible? Gonna hop that up too?"

"Yeah, a little," I told him.

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

sorry y'all, I don't know what happened (those photos looked big after I posted them, but photobucket said they were only 320x420 or so....) May take a while to load.

Edit: My bad - now they look fine after I refreshed my browser. seems to be a good size for posting...

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com