Ok, can I join the club now? About 1000lbs - as an F100 should be capable of doing. I made 2 similar trips. I was real surprised how well the engine did considering it's more performance oriented.







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Lawrenceville, GA

Sheesh, all this makes me sorry I scraped the utility body that was on my 56 f100 when i bought it

 I'm on a Lowwwww Budget

Yea, it would be a 223 but you never know someone might have changed it.     The 223 uses the same piston that the 256 uses.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Thanks guys, I'm going to try and keep this one under the radar on cash. I will probably drive the old six. I think it IS a 223?

I have priced some disk kits for it, but I don't know seems like I can do a fresh all around with just the drum setup. It only goes sixty with the wind behind me! The clutch doesn't engage til it's about an inch from all the way out.

Gonna start by a extreme power wash. I'll try to post a little without taking up valuable Y space.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

Tim: In a 1/2 ton, would it not be a 223 cu.inch? Yes, another Ford engine that hasn't got the credit it deserves. Also, there are a few parts that I believe interchange with the Y-Blk. I think for instance, that the pistons are the same as a 272.. Here locally, in the 60s a modified stock car racer used a 223 very successfully, in a 30s coupe.

Paul

Not a bad looking truck, and don't sell the six short, they are pretty good engines. Do you know if it is a 223 or a 262?

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Hi Al

Be careful driving loads of gravel or firewood down hill! 

Seriously, I converted my truck to power disc brakes with a kit that I had seen in the Mid Fifties catalog but bought direct from the manufacturer in CA.  Fairly reasonable and went on pretty well as those things go.

Doug T

The Highlands, Louisville, Ky.

I just drove this home yesterday after buying it off craiglist, In Muskogee, OK. It was about 50 miles home with no, I repeat NO brakes, I took the back roads-some of old route 66. Quite an adventure, did I mention it didn't have brakes.

I was hoping it had a y in it, but when I called she said she didn't know anything about cars and nether did her husband.

The girl I bought it from said that her grandfather and his brother bought it new, together, because that's the only way they could afford to buy it.

I kind of like the old straight six.

The body is pretty straight and without rust, except for one small hole in the drivers floor, which is why I went ahead and bought it. It has an old backyard paint job, over what appers to be a decent original academy blue. I ran about 50-55mph most of the way home.

I need to get get it's brakes repaired so it can start earning it's keep around here fast.

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

Cool. I like it!

       A  L  A  N   F  R  A  K  E  S   ~  Tulsa, OK    

Looks like He just joined us today. 

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias