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As the ticker shows, it was four years ago this day that I posed a question on Tero's Y-Blocks Forum (Yahoo) and Bob Martin and Doug Thrasher both responded to me. It was not about a site, but about a dual 4 intake. One thing led to another and I ended up on the phone with one of them and I don't even remember which one! I asked if there was a website for Y-Blocks and was told that there really wasn't as nobody knew how to make one. By January 31 I had a domain and a website online. It was not publicized at all so that I could at least get a few profiles posted so that when it was announced, folks would actually see something. February 10 was the day that Bob announced it on the Yahoo forum.
There is a major facelift coming for the site, but the programmers that are doing the back end stuff for me have had other things on the stove so this is done as they get time. The new design will be much easier to administer and will also have a much more "commercial" look and feel. When the site was started, there was no thought that in only four years we would be knocking on the door of 150,000 visits. So it was kinda built as we went. The new site will be much better organized as I now know that the site has become a meeting place for the "Y-Guys" with Y-Blockers from every continent in the world except Africa. We have have visitors from that continent but as of today, no cars.
Thanks to the participation of EVERYONE, the site is still around and going forward. Who would have thought that we would have not one but TWO eight second Y-Blocks here in the United States? And I received pictures the other day from Finland of a twin turbo setup on a Y. I am sure that there will be much more about that after my trip over there in June! When the site first went online, I was a little disappointed that we didn't get much response from members of the Crown Victoria Association, but have come to realize that the CVA serves those that really like to keep their rides "bone stock". Most of the folks that hang out here believe that life is just too short for stock! I am very comfortable with that myself, CVA and this site fill the needs of their target audience.
What will this site be like by it's 5th birthday? Who knows? I sure don't! But I do know that we will have found even more Y-Block friends and that the "family reunion" at Columbus will be bigger and better than ever!
Jim (site owner)
'56 Club Sedan - Ted Eaton built 429 hp '292/318, '54 Sunliner - stock '302
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