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bird55
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Hoosier Hurricane (1/22/2009)
Paul:
The car of Stubbs' may be the one that was raced in Illinois by George Chaltin (sp) in NHRA Stock Eliminator. Larry Evenson, the owner of Concours, had purchased the car, may have sold it to Stubbs. That could be the connection to the Concours catalog.
A friend of mine, Dick Hilt, from Indy, told me this story. He was racing a '59 scrub 348, tri-power, 4 speedin B/S at the Nationals. In those days, class winners raced heads up for Top, Middle, and Little Stock eliminators. Dick said he was running the blown Skyliner, had him covered through the first 3 gears, and when he hit 4th that D/SA Ford just blew by him for the round win.I could be wrong but technically the engine never did match in these old cars . The engines aren't serialized. Just frame and body. "Matching numbers" is Barrett-Jackson/Corvette speak. I hope I'm right 
A L A N F R A K E S ~ Tulsa, OK
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PWH42
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In about 60 or 61 I got badly beaten one Sunday at Terre Haute by a black blown 57 Skyliner.Is that the car being referred to? At the time I was running a 57 scrub with a 270 horse 283 that had been warmed up pretty well.
 
Paul, Boonville,MO
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Hollow Head
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Paul, no wonder that you then switched to Ford  . Yeah, just kidding.... It's nice to dig old mens memories and learn history by that way. Thanks to all you old guys. Tell us more experiences from old drags you have done. Wins and loses  .
 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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PF Arcand
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As I understand it, Alan is correct. There are correct casting numbers for the various Y-Block powered vehicles in the USA, but the engines were not serial numbered to match up with the VIN number. This may not be entirely true on Canadian built cars, but I'm no sure on that point. ?
Paul
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Hollow Head
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At least one '57 Rachero exists with F-code engine. 
Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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aussiebill
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Seppo, tell us about the blown 57 ranchero you refer to, interested, thanks. aussie bill.
 AussieBill YYYY Forever Y Block YYYY Down Under, Australia
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I saw a F code Ranchero sold on auction in Wisconsin years ago. This was a on the ground rusted ouf hulk and it sold for about 120+K. It has a FE installed.It included a original set of heads, parts block and a Series 1 supercharger (sandcast housing) brackets for a VR57 and a bunch of parts. Was bought by some one in the Minneapolis Minn. area. Several months later I believe the Ranchero was advertized in Hemmings for the bid ammount. About the only thing good on the Ranchero was the Data plate. Really Really rough.
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Oldmics
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Hoosier Hurricane
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There was an F code Ranchero pictured in, I believe, Collectible Automobiles magazine 2-3 years ago. Also, several years ago I sold, for a friend, his F powered D code wagon drag car. It went to California, the buyer supposedly had an F Ranchero with the wrong engine. The wagon ended up in the East without the F engine. One would assume that the wagon's engine ended up in the Ranchero.
John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"
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Johnson Rod
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And then there is Sweet Heart... The url was removed as it is pointing to a page that will install malicious software to your computer. Sorry to have to do it but we don't allow it.(edited by Jim Culver, Site Owner)
Johnson Rod
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