I spoke to a Hot Rodder about 3 weeks ago .Someone offered him a Y-block for his new project ( 32 coupe ).He took it .He wasn't sure what size it was ,but it had Thunderbird valve covers and a strange looking air cleaner with  2 stranger looking 4bbl carbs ???? It also had all the linkage for the carbs as well .Louie  thought it might be worth something when a guy offered him $1000 for the carbs and air cleaner ???? I told him it was an e-code .That didn't mean much to him ??? He sure was glad he only paid $700.oo for it .Some guys have all the luck .

Lon

yblocksdownunder

Ha! I guess it is.


Lawrenceville, GA

son and I are planning on junkyarding this weekend...

wish us luck!

Mark

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX

Don't forget to check out the old boats! My best deal was a few years ago. A friend at the local parts shop heard about some Y-Block engines that were in an old boat. I contacted the owner and went to look. Sure enough they were Ford Interceptors. Was a little messy to get to as only 1/2 of the boat was left! Little work with a sawsall and a clean up of YEARS of crud deposits and there they were. When I got them home I found one was a factory rebuilt 292 that only had about 50 hours of running on it. The other was a 312. Both had ECZ-G heads and were complete including 1.54 rockers. Price? Free if I pulled them myself! I sold the transmissions and boat motor parts on EBAY for enough to rebuild the 312. Not the score of a life time but it sure worked for me. Chuck in NH

Y's guys rule!
Looking for McCullouch VS57 brackets and parts. Also looking for 28 Chrysler series 72 parts. And early Hemi parts.

MoonShadow, 292 w/McCulloch, 28 Chrysler Roadster, 354 Hemi)
Manchester, New Hampshire

Hey Lon, your best find was Lynne!!!!!

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

I won a tool on Ebay today which I think I did well on.I saw one go for over $100.00 a few weeks ago from a seller in Australia.Should be handy when I want to retorque the cylinder heads without removing exhaust manifolds.Item # 150434701188.Did I do good or not?

  

My recent deal was a rebuilt set of uninstalled 113 heads.  They had new hardened exhaust seats with stainless ex. valves.  The plan is to now put in intake seats with stainless valves.  Picked up locally with some luck, because they werent advertised anywhere .

Also, a friend gave me a 292.  It had a recent bottom end rebuild and looks like with relatively minor effort will go back together for another 100 thousand.

Mike, located in the Siskiyou mountains, Southern, OR 292 powered 1946 Ford 1/2 ton, '62 Mercury Meteor, '55 Country Squire (parting out), '64 Falcon, '54 Ford 600 tractor.

I was given / inherited a 1957 T-Bird,  it has a 312 V8 4V in it.  Does that count?

Yeah, I know, but I had to brag a little.

Bill Poland

312 V8 - in a 1957 T-Bird

Baltimore, Maryland

Yeah...I found my current ride in a farmer's field in Fairfield, Idaho a few years back. I haven't seen very many Customline Victoria's on the road so she really caught my eye. She was all complete with a running 292 and 3 speed with OD. Even all the trim was there. I thought she was a really rare find. Rono

  Ron Lane,  Meridian, ID

not much found, but here goes...

btw, this was son's first trip "junk-yarding"... been wanting to go since he was about 10... last month he turned 15!

found and bought: 

-54 Merc dash control knobs/buttons (4), top of the control pod from same dash, inside A-pillar trim pieces from same, turn signal lever from same

-cool, authentic Edelbrock air cleaner lid, complete with the all-the-rage- "patina"

-glove box lid for a 59 Ford s/w

-collection of cig lighters (son's newest collection)

found but left where it was:

-59 Ford s/w, fairly trashed but with 292 (probably)

-54 Merc, w/teapot-topped engine

-54 Ford, w/engine

-all the 80's-2000's made mostly of plastic

try finding all this treasure in a "farmer's field"!

"God Bless Texas"location: Houston,TX