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You might want to check into this thread I found on the HAMB. This guys thinks he might have one of the rare Weslake YBlocks in England!!

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?p=5110311#post5110311]









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Wow. Wouldn't that be cool, to find a Weslake Y block in the back of someone's garage!


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I saw that today too. Can't wait for some pictures to be posted. I saw Tim stopped by there also.

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I sure hope it gets in the hand of someone who will appreciate it.  Talk about the find of a life time.  WOW

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Pictures of the Weslake Y-block are up over on the HAMB

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Damn! It is a Weslake Y Block. What a find! At four liters I agree it was probably for the old Formula One racers. There was some speculation that is was a possible Indy 500 contender. It may have been an evolutionary step to the famed Gurney/Weslake Ford.



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Damn! It is a Weslake Y Block. What a find! At four liters I agree it was probably for the old Formula One racers. There was some speculation that is was a possible Indy 500 contender. It may have been an evolutionary step to the famed Gurney/Weslake Ford.

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Good luck to the guy! ( you know i dont mean it) I think if green with envy is the saying , then how deep a shade of green are we all.??? It was Good to be able to see it upclose and some of its oddities. Just hope somehow its true racing history is revealed to help complete their racing history!!

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that is one RARE FIND!

wow.



super cool to be a find in a corner.



originally thought it was a 289.

wow.




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What can one say not to realise it was a rare engine, anyhow now that most can see it close up, other than speedy bills, i have often mentioned that this head style was also made in cast iron and powered 292 trucks in Sth america. Outside this forum it was just considered a truck engine. We are thinking that after the race programme ended? the heads were cast in cast iron as they had the patterns etc and used commercially and later the windsor style also but just on convential block layout. the camshafts had different lobe layout for the port configuration and just faded into the midnight sun as the years progressed. Now this engine is exposed to the world, hopefully more information will come to light to show how great the mighty Y Block is.  Wouldnt it be great for a race programme to turn up with y block car in the winners circle!   Ah i can dream?

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Okay...I think there is a sort of disconnect about the type of Weslake Y block. The motor shown on HAMB is obviously far different that the standard Y here in the US. Taller heads with side by side intake ports to allow the use of adapters for Weber carbs. The elusive or possibly imaginary holy grail of Y's is the Weslake SOHC motor. The motor shown is a pushrod configuration as I see it. Also, where does the distributor mount on the block shown on HAMB?



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