Was on the road yesterday evening when I called Ted at about 6:30 with a trivial question about brake part substitute between my Vicky and a 56 Bird.  He was cutting and burning brush but talked to me a couple of minutes and was willing to go into the shop and look thru his manuals to be sure he was right.  Didn't let him do it. 

Of course he had the right answer off the top of his head.  I know I would have enjoyed an excuse to stop cutting and burning but Ted was just willing to be helpful.  An all around great guy. 

Also impressive is the time he has taken - in the middle of his highly prioritized day - to show me around his museum, discuss individual cars or motors and his plans for them and the information that flows from his mind.  Then in the middle of a conversation, he pulls out a calculator and runs some numbers to verify his thoughts on compression ratio, quench or the like.

Thank you, Ted, for everything.

TC

You gotta have the right tools and know how to use 'em.

TC - Austin, Texas

Let's all take up a collection to get Ted a bigger hat...LOL All these accolades could bump him up to Y Block Demi god status.

One thing for sure, he certainly dosen't sleep on the starting line! Ted isn't currently the fastest Y-Blocker but I bet he had a hand, or mind, in the building of all who are! And he's a lot nicer than "Vic E.". Only problem I have with him is that he won't move to New Hampshire! 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

It would be hard to argue with Y Block Billy's assessment of Ted.. He's the best!

Paul

I once said  in an earlier post I needed what Ted was on, its a lot better than what I am taking, (Just kidding) sitting in Beijing airport at the moment after travelling for 3 days trying to get here and still have one more connection (nobody better come close to my rear side with a match after farting in the same shorts for that long, may be as explosive as an atomic  bomb) was stuck in Tokyo after the earthquake, those scenes were amazing on the television, I watched live videos of towns where all the people ran up the hill and then just watched the wave come in and wipe their town out. Unbeleivable stuff!

Back to Ted, He is a blessing to us all and can't give him enough thanks!

55 Vicky & customline

58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100

59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?

Y-Guys:     Since Ted has all this spare time; maybe he could write or

         update a "Y" Block book to supplement Mr. Mummert's guides and I'm

         sure Frank, Hurricane, and ? could add their contributions.......

                                         Bill

         A good friend of mine, Roger Crain(RIP) once said "You can sleep when

         you're dead"

Bill

Pelham,Al

About a year and half ago, I was getting married. Needed a set of high quality rockers in an EXTREME hurry to have my getaway rig moving in a hurry.... Ted got them to my door in less than five days. He didn't charge me any extra, and he did it with exceptional professionalism.



Point is, i'm sure many of you have experienced the same thing at some point in time from him. We should all be pretty thankful to have him around.



Thanks again Ted!




My name is Greg and I am addicted to Y's.

What time were you there? 4 AM?

  

For those of you that have not had the opportunity to visit Ted, if you are ever in the Waco area, I would suggest that you stop by. He has an amazing collection of Ford stuff. The thing that you might not know is that he does engines for alot of racers in his area including some of the scrub guys. We are very luckie to have him on this site not to mention his contributions to YBM. I will say this the last time I was out there, he had just got out of bed and I had to call him and let him know that I was sitting in his drive way!

Glen Henderson



Freedom is not Free

Letohatchee, AL

Guys.  Sounds like a tribute here.  As John says, I’d like to think I’m just a regular guy making ends meet.  As far as getting things done, it’s a matter of prioritizing.  Made that sound easy didn’t I?  The problem is for everything that gets moved to the top of the list, something else gets moved down.   But getting up early in the morning and working until dusk helps in keeping projects moving along.

Lorena, Texas (South of Waco)