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By Apache - 15 Years Ago
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I've noticed a lot of you Y-Block guys have stated you're in like you're 60's... I'm thinkin' I may just be the youngest one here. I've always been one of the youngest when I was part of m rumble bee sites, mustang sites, chargers sites etc... Than again, that was back when I was in my mid teens. I'm now 21....
How old are ya'll?
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By Hollow Head - 15 Years Ago
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Almost twice that old... Turning 40 soon  . Really, Apache, you can go and peek each others profiles and some of us have provided that info there. But... there seems to be lot's of sexy senior citizens over there  . No dirty old mens...
The first time I got in touch with Y-blocks was when I met with yfreak57 or teros292 somewhere during the year of 1997 or 1998. So, you must consider me as a newcomer or newbie or something like that. The first Y-block overhaul I did just couple of years ago in 2007... So, I'm learning all the time...
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By charliemccraney - 15 Years Ago
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I'm 26.
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By Butch Lawson - 15 Years Ago
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Three times as old as you, Apache. I'm 63. Still got underwear older than 21. Butch
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By Poly318 - 15 Years Ago
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The Y-block engines still seems like modern, up-to-date technology to me...
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By yehaabill - 15 Years Ago
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Y-Guys My dad owned a 2 pump "service" station. Ethyl gas 24.9/10 Prince Albert smoking tobacco(you roll-it) 19cents Quaker State 30wt(metal can) 35cents F100 pick-up $1799.00 2 sacks of groceries with meats $2.50 pr. U.S. Keds tennis shoes sz 8 $1.89 Date with my future wife, 30 miles to the movie, piece of strawberry pie(each) at JERRY'S drive-in, 30 miles back home, engine idling in her driveway for 30 minutes or? in my '55 Scrub/301ci/4.10 rear all of the above $10.00 Those were the days.......Bill
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By Glen Henderson - 15 Years Ago
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Well let me put it this way, I bought a new 1967 Ford LTD 2dr ht when I was 20 yrs old so you figure it out, I can't count that high. By the way that was the best car that I've ever owned. I put 221,000 miles on it before I sold it in 1985, burnt a valve at about 90,000, had to replace one muffler and tailpipe, the other side was still orginal equipment. That 390 four barrel was pretty stout too.
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By Rebelliousengineering® - 15 Years Ago
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So far I'm the youngest I'm 20 will be 21 in November. I bought my 57 Fairlane when I was 17 for only $5,000 towed it home rebuilt the carb that afternoon adjusted the brakes and drove it on the weekends. Now I've taken it apart and rebuilding it the right way. I may be young, but I’ve worked in a couple prestigious Hot Rod shops long enough to realize I’m not going to do it for a career lol
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By Eddie Paskey - 15 Years Ago
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Hey All; Turning 70 this August, born in 1939. Still enjoy mashing the throttle. Thanks to all that make this THE BEST SITE!!!! God bless Eddie
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By pintoplumber - 15 Years Ago
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I'm 55, first time down the track was at Columbus in '05. Never been to a drag race before even as a spectator. Having a blast. Bought the truck in January of 1978.
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By NewPunkRKR - 15 Years Ago
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I'm 26... Got my 57 ford about 4 years ago. My grandpa paid me $300 (+ gas money) to haul it out of their garage, or it was going to the scrap yard. To my knowledge the car has been in the family since new. New battery, coil, plugs, and wires and it ran (not well, but I drove it all over anyway). Still a work in progress, but runs great and I love it. I've never been to a drag race, but have wanted to go to columbus since I found this site. I'm hoping to get some track time at Union Grove in WI this summer as an ice breaker / motivation to get to the shootout this year! I owe all my technical knowledge about my car to this site. Thanks! - John
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By Unibodyguy - 15 Years Ago
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Okay I'll spill the beans, 46 and counting. First Y that I owned was in a 56 F600 car hauler/implement truck with a very very tired 272 that after a major tune up ran pretty good for me for about 3 years and was replaced by a free ( guy owed me some money) Ford rebuilt 390 longblock. Then I bought a 57 F500 that was an ex-fire truck that was in a lot better shape but never got the hauler part of it completed before selling it. I didn't have anything for several years till I bought my first Unibody pickup in 2001 and been a Yblock owner ever since. Michael
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By Teros292 - 15 Years Ago
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46 is peeking on March. Bought my first Y-Block in 62 unibody in summer 1988, sadly I had to sell it couple of years ago. But have still 61 unibody where is coming y-block and also I have the 56 Country Sedan and 61 F-600 and 55 F-620. And our Ford-Freak club of Finland owns 56 F-600 which is also in my yard. Lots of other vehicles also in my yard not all are american made except 52 Mercury, 1986 Ranger, 1997 Explorer and four 80´s LTD Country Squires, but all are Fords...
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By Moz - 15 Years Ago
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well i will be 45 in may my first y-block was a 55 customline when i was 18 first one i ever heard or rode in was my cousins 57 customline when i was 8 years old it was only 16 now i have trouble believing they are 50+ years old. i think loves johnny cash may be the youngest on the site he is only 17-18.
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By LON - 15 Years Ago
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I am 53 years YOUNG this year . I still think I"m 23 ?? Lynne says I act like a kid ??( Most of the time ) My Daughter says I act like an OLD fool ?? Sometimes at work ,I act like I care ??? I picked up Lynne ( Wife of 30 years ) on our first date in my brothers 1956 Customline. 272 ,3 on the tree . I was, at that point in time , the RICHEST man on the planet . Surely it couldn't any better than that ?? The birth of our Daughter was the highlight of our lives ( after our wedding ) Fast Forward ,the next 25 years of morgages,bills ,morgages ,bills ,etc,etc,bills,bills ,you get the picture .?? All of a sudden ,I can see light at the end of the tunnel???Now ,after all the years of our hard work ,I have some money .Buy cars, build Y-Blocks ?? Sounds like a plan to me .?? Meet people ( and Canadians ) on the Internet ,fly to USA,attend Columbus ,have loads of fun ,buy more cars ,build more Y-Blocks ,fly to USA , have more fun ...... And they ALL lived happily EVER AFTER ............................... Lon & Lynne
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By dbzach64C - 15 Years Ago
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I'm 64. Bought my first y block in 1964.
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By 57FordPU - 15 Years Ago
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I'll be 66 in August. Dad bought a new 55 F100 that I cut my teeth on at age 12. It looked just like Dennis Leeking's (hi, Dennis). I put about a million miles on it in the driveway. I've been driving em' since 1955, but I bought my first Y-Block 57 Ford pickup in 1961, haven't been without one since. Racing rookie at 64. Have a 10 year plan for a red hat. You won't get rid of me any time soon.
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By mctim64 - 15 Years Ago
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I was born April '64, learned to drive a manual trans. in a '64 F-100 with a 292 four speed "granny" when I was 12, bought "my" first F-100 (1960 223 with three on the tree, it was only 20 years old for $500) on my sixteenth birthday on my way home from the DMV with my new ticket in hand. If you found gas for $.99 a gallon you were lucky and I made $5 an hour working on my Uncles ranch (minimum was $3.10) I saw Shirley Muldowney race Don Garlits in a grudge match at Famoso in '83 and remember everyone Booooo-ing her. Fastest times then were around 250mph @ 5sec.
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By LordMrFord - 15 Years Ago
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Physical age 30, mental age 15.
Can somebody with bigger IQ than me do poll, where we can see our ages?
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By PWH42 - 15 Years Ago
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Although I fell in love with the sound of Y's when they first came out, the first one that I drove was an extremely wild(for the day) 6 carb monster in a super mod in 1959.After that I owned several 56,57and 58 Ford cars.I and a friend of mine have 9 of them now.I still love the sound of these things!!!!!! Oh,and I was born 12 years before the Y.
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By unibodyboy - 15 Years Ago
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I'm 23, bought my truck at the age of 15....
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By montana ford man - 15 Years Ago
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I'll be 56 in a week or so. family car was a 53 ford wagon with a flatty. then dad bought a 56 customline 4 dr and man did I love the sound of that y with "hollywoods"! I bought a 54 ford ragtop in 69 for $20,and a hurst mystery shifter for another $15.spent a lot of time terrorizing main street with my duel straight pipes! only wished I knew some of you older guys then. it was a learning process with my 4 brothers and I with making those fords run against the scrub lovers.
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By yfreak57 - 15 Years Ago
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I'm 50 and bought my first car at age of 16 (Desoto Panel Wagon 1959). First Y-Block studies were in early '70's with my friends '56 Mercury 312 and '57 Ford 292. Still got my first own Y-Block car '57 Country Sedan which I bought 1980.
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By ejstith - 15 Years Ago
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68 last Jan.
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By rgrove - 15 Years Ago
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Im 38; wife is 37 (I have to mention her; she helped restore our ford...). Our son is 2 1/2 Our Ford has been in our family since 1989...
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By oldcarmark - 15 Years Ago
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My birthday was Feb 1956 and for my 50th birthday I bought myself-you guessed it a 1956 Ford Fairlane.The car is still older than me being built in Nov.55.Thats OK though because I have always had a "thing" for older good looking ladies.The last old Ford I had was a 53 Meteor that I bought on April fools day 1975.Sold it in 87 and just got back into this when I got the 56.I spent 10 years on the Ford parts counter when I was younger and never once heard of a Y-block-of course that was a good 15 years after they were last used.Thats my story and I'm stickin' to it.By the way this site is terrific and its the people that make it that way!
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By Cactus - 15 Years Ago
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I will be 67 in August and I bought my first Y-block in 1958, it was a 1956 Customline three speed with a 272, and I dearly enjoyed it. Foolishly I sold it in 1962 and bought a scrub, mea culpa to all. Now I have another one, life is good.
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By CDF292Y - 15 Years Ago
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I'm 15 years old...16 in April.
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By Canadian Hot Rodder - 15 Years Ago
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I will be 42 in a couple of weeks, but mentally I am regressing every year !! (I think it comes from conversing with an OLD 53 year old Aussie, metioning no names of course!!!  )At this rate I will have the mentality od a 2 year old by the time I hit 50!!!
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By Moz - 15 Years Ago
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hey have you guys noticed ted, john (hoosier) & frank havent joined in yet & told us how many birthdays they've had ? tim you beat me by a month i was born may 1964
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By mctim64 - 15 Years Ago
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Moz (3/3/2009)
hey have you guys noticed ted, john (hoosier) & frank havent joined in yet & told us how many birthdays they've had ? tim you beat me by a month i was born may 1964 Well Moz, if you work real hard you might catch me someday.
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By crenwelge - 15 Years Ago
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I was born in 1943. My first vehicle was a 50 GMC pickup. My second vehicle was a 56 Ford Customline. I used the same title for over 20 years, but what I drove was always the product of salvage vehicles, different Y block engines, but always an overdrive. I commuted to college daily for 5 semesters 90 miles one way, dated my wife who lived 85 miles away and took her from there to San Antonio which was another 40 miles because that is where the action was for 3 years. Used the 56 for a family car the first 10 years of our married life. Finally sold the car and all the related junk because the Hurst mystery shifter got so bad my wife had to crawl under the car to get it out of low gear. In February 1999 my wife and I flew to New York on our wedding anniversary and picked up a 56 Ford Customline I had bought through Hemmings. We drove it to Texas with very little trouble and I was equipped for the trouble we had. I now have 3 1956 Fords and all the parts to build a 4th. I had some pretty quick ones. I still have a ticket I got the first night Fredericksburg used their new radar gun. 120 on Main St. and a whopping $10 fine.
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By Missouri Mike - 15 Years Ago
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Hey fellow Y's guys I graduated from high school in '65 and that summer pumped diesel and gas at The Rebel Truck Stop, Wentzville, Mo. During that time there was "gas war" (bet the youngsters won't know what that is) and gas got down to 18.9 cents per gallon, diesel was even cheaper and if a trucker paid cash he got a discount/rebate of 2 or 3 cents per gallon. Learned to drive on the family '55 4dr Customline 272 stick with glasspacks on it. It was a surprising runner and sounded good too. At a little over 100,000 miles it started smoking and developed some engine noises. I still remember what my dad told me, "This old car is like an old horse, if you take it easy and don't run it hard it will last a good while yet". I blew it up in less then a week. Then my dad bought a very clean used '61 Ford 2 dr sedan 292 stick with a 4 bbl carb. I thought I was styling then. Now at 61 years I have a '55 Customline identical to Ted's that's been in the family since '56 with 30,000 on the 272, a nice '37 Ford Cabriolet, and more Ford trucks (1955 to 1976) then I have fingers including a couple of bbw from the '50s and a 4 door 1960 Ford pickup, yes I said 4 door, that was built by Orrville Metal Specialties, Orrville Ohio. About half of them are finished runners. Life is just pretty doggone good and I'm looking forward to getting out and meeting some of you fellow Y blockers. And John F. I will be trying to call you again. Missouri Mike
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By uncleaud - 15 Years Ago
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I'm so old I can remember when it was Preparation B
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By popbreed - 15 Years Ago
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Just turned 66 last week. 1st Y was while in engineering school in 1961. It was a 56 2 door Fairlane Town Sedan. 3 speed.; Loved the car but eventually sold it when I bought a 2 pump gas station. Thought wrenching was much more enjoyable than "theory engineering". That all changed when the future wife came along and stated I had better use my education if we were to marry. Kids and career took priority over "hot rods" but I stayed with Fords. Then after 20- yeas, I started dabbling again with wrenches as a hobby this time. Somehow, we ended up with 2 C**vettes (60 &77) but also have a 56 sedan full custom with 312, 3x2, 3 w/OD; 64 F100 SWB, 292, 3 speed and a 08 Grand Marquis. Retired from WORK, have a 1800 sq ft shop and can "putter" all day long. BTW, she is still with me and encourages me with my "hobby". The 77 vette is hers as is the 08 GM. Life is great!! POP
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By Duck - 15 Years Ago
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49, here- First Y-block was in a '63 F-100 I drove in H.S. I never had to do much more than a tune up on that, and I owned it 5-6 years. It was dependable, indestructible and ran like a watch. It took me 25 years to finally start messing around with another one. My current Y project is my late parents '57 T-bird. According to my mother, I was conceived in that car I guess it could be said that it's been a part of my life since before I was born.... /Duck
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By pegleg - 15 Years Ago
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I was born in 1942, so I'll be 67 in April this year. John already answered this question in another thread. He's very close to my age.
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By pegleg - 15 Years Ago
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Canadian Hot Rodder (3/2/2009)
I will be 42 in a couple of weeks, but mentally I am regressing every year !! (I think it comes from conversing with an OLD 53 year old Aussie, metioning no names of course!!! )At this rate I will have the mentality od a 2 year old by the time I hit 50!!! Will???????????
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By uncleaud - 15 Years Ago
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One thing about conception in a 57 bird, I would definately involve cooperation
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By skygazer - 12 Years Ago
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Just turned 54. My '55 bird is three years older than I am, but I remember riding in it with Grandma when I was 4. I bought the car when I was 14, and took it apart in auto shop. I sold it in pieces when I was 19, but bought it again (still in pieces) last year.
The motor is freshly rebuilt and running, but not in the car. It may be drivable again by June, if I'm lucky. Dad's paying for the body and paint work, but he has cancer. I'm hoping to take him for a ride before he leaves the planet.
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By lyonroad - 12 Years Ago
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Apache, I,m 3 times your age plus 1.5. So that makes me about the same age as Glen Henderson. It doesn't mean I have any more knowledge, just more skinned knuckles.
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By Rono - 12 Years Ago
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Just turned 64 on Thursday. First started in on Y-Blocks about 10 years ago with a '56 F-100 Big window. Before that, I was building old Harley choppers, a totally restored 41 Harley Knucklehead and a couple of GTO's (65 and 67), but NEVER and scrubs Rono.
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By carl - 12 Years Ago
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I will be 71 this friday,how time flies.First car was a 56 Ford victoria,loved 56 fords then and still do. Carl
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By Glen Henderson - 12 Years Ago
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Man you guys dug up a old thread, I was a young man when I first posted, got my medicare card now and drawing my SSI. Life is passing by!
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By F250RED - 12 Years Ago
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I'm 16 years older than my 1954 F250 f250 RED
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By F250RED - 12 Years Ago
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I'm 14 years older than my 1954 F250 f250 RED
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By texasmark1 - 12 Years Ago
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I'm 58 and my son Daniel with the 63 Merc is 16. Mark
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By dbird - 12 Years Ago
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I was 4 years and 2 months when the 55 'Bird was born in May. The Thunderbird is my first Y, the rest of my Fords were small blocks or sixes. First car i bought was a 64 Falcon that the PO had put a Hipo 289 in, then got drafted. Had a lot of fun with that car.
Don
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By jonnireb - 12 Years Ago
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I am 70, my first y block was a 55 mainline in 1959. Swapped it on a 55 Montclair. Had a 55 f600 for several years,then went without a y block for forty years when I got my 55 f100 in 2005. Still grieve over that Montclair though.
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By jrw429 - 12 Years Ago
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I'm 49 and got my first Y a couple of months back. I've put over 4,000 miles on it so far. A lot of fun! I really want to do my first-ever engine tear-down and rebuild on a Y-block; I'm still figuring out how to get a good engine to work with, and how to fit this project in the garage. My first car was a 74 Mercury Bobcat. Still in high school, I got a 70 Torino Cobra with 429 SCJ, 4 speed toploader and 4.30 gears. That car was wicked fast. It sat in my parents' garage for nearly 30 years, and recently went to my cousin. Lots of cars later, I now have 57 Country Sedan, 70 Bronco, 74 MGB and 05 JCW Mini.
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By slumlord444 - 12 Years Ago
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It is good to see some young blood here. I am 67. First Y Block was a '58 Custom 292 in 1963. Traded it for the '57 T-Bird that I still have. Had several others over the years. Never concieved a child in the Bird but can vouch for the fact that it can be done if both partys are willing.
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By lowrider - 12 Years Ago
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I'm 60-teen most of the time. Some mornings I feel like 62 though.
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By glrbird - 12 Years Ago
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My birthday is August 1949, my first experience with a Y-block was my Dad’s Late model stock racecar, in 1957.(him on far right) It was a 55 Ford sponsored by a local Ford dealer. In 1960 I got my first ride in a 1955 thunderbird my Dad back together that had been stolen and striped of the engine and trans. My first car was a 1957 ford F-100, but we pulled the 6 cylinder in favor of a 389 Pontiac with tri-power. In 1969 I bought my first Y-block, the 57 bird I still own today. 
Dad passed away a few years ago, sure miss him
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By easyissy - 12 Years Ago
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I'm 32 got my first Y-Block 2 years ago.
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By lyonroad - 12 Years Ago
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I forgot to mention what my wife always says and its something I try to live by. " You're only young once but you can act immature forever".
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By Don Woodruff - 12 Years Ago
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I was born Dec1 1941. Only took me 6 days to start WWII. My first Y was a 56 customline 4 door, traded it on a 61 starliner 390/375. I then bought a 57 T bird (in 64) std/od. Needed body work so I sold it many years later. When I retired I got annother Bird and here I am. 56 Fords are a favorite of mine, very good cars.
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By NoShortcuts - 12 Years Ago
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I'm only 39, but I've been saying that for a little over 25 years...
My Dad just turned 67, but I recall that he started counting backwards when he turned 8o some 13 years ago.
Hope this helps you to understand where some of us are coming from! 
Regards,
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By Y block Billy - 12 Years Ago
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just over the big 50, born 61, thats why I want a 61 Starliner, am now selling a guy a 390 for the 61 starliner I wanted to buy, what a bugger.
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By MoonShadow - 12 Years Ago
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68 in May, 2012. First car was a 45 Dodge 1/2 Ton pickup followed by a 41 scrub 4 door sedan. Pitted at the Kansas City area dirt tracks on a modified with a Hudson 308 6 banger in it. FAST! Bought a 57 Ford Convertible in 1959 and never went back. During the military years I owned a 66 Fairlane GT convertible, a 1969 Fairlane Cobra (Super Cobra Jet 428) and a 1966 Mustang GT 350H. Bought my current 56 Vicky in EL Paso, Texas in 1986. Bought the 28 Chrysler roadster in 1990. Been playing with the two of them ever since. Chuck
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By ray - 12 Years Ago
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What an antique thread we dug up. I must be one of the most seasoned guys on here. I was 18 the year my '56 F350 was built. I bought my first Y block about 1959 and have owned and built a few over the years. Just got the 272 back in the F350, did the initial break in run up and all is well. I did a lot more to it than I had originally planned but darn it was fun. Looking forward to getting it back on the road.
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By pegleg - 12 Years Ago
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I'll be 70 in April! The only one here younger than me is................everybody else!
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By Doug T - 12 Years Ago
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Frank,
I'll be 70 on April 6th are you younger or older? I bought a '54 Ford Convert in Sept '58 and slipped a 312 in it in July of '59. You would think we all would learn some new tricks by now
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By Y block Billy - 12 Years Ago
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I am curious and waiting for Harry's response?
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By Hoosier Hurricane - 12 Years Ago
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Pegleg, I know one guy older than you, me. Turned 71 in December. So there. Got my first Y, a '56 Victoria, in '59, haven't been without at least one Y since.
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By RB - 12 Years Ago
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I am 58 Tomorrow Feb 3
One of the young guns. First Y was a 55 F250 I bought in 83 at a farm sale. Got into Lincoln Ys in 92 Built my first Ford Y in 2004.. Working on a 55 bird resto-mod
RB
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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This thread is almost three. bla
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By jepito - 12 Years Ago
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Just turned 31. First " car" was a 1952 f-3 with a flathead that I still have. First y block is my 59 4x4. Out of 6 cars and 7 trucks i've owened, no SBF or SBC.
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By aussie-y - 12 Years Ago
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feb. 1949 63 yrs and still acting like child . brought my first 56 cussy in 1963 been in love with them ever since. just carn.t get them out of my blood.
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By Vic Correnti - 12 Years Ago
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63 years young. First car was a 55 Ford 2 door sedan that had a transmission problem, 14 of them and 3 rear ends. Second car I bought in 1965, it was a 55 Thunderbird that I still drive and race. If it is not a Ford it is not mine!
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By glrbird - 12 Years Ago
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Vic Do you still have the other T-bird you bought, Have you ran it any?
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By MoonShadow - 12 Years Ago
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Vic, was it transmission problems or youth problems? Those old trannies were pretty weak. I got pretty good and changing them in my 57 after I switched it from automatic. I did at least 10. Usually broke the low and reverse cluster trying to hot rod it. Chuck
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By Y block Billy - 12 Years Ago
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The brother Dan is 10.5 years older than me, he always trying to tell people he younger than me but it ain't flyin. he will be 61 in March.
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By yalincoln - 12 Years Ago
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hi, 64 1/2, first car, a 54 sedan, 6 cyl, three on the tree, 4.10 rear. ran good for a 6.
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By pegleg - 12 Years Ago
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John, Everytime I think we're getting old I think of Harbit. If he can do it, so can we. Doug, You got me by 16 days, wow are you old! John made me buy my first Y in 2000 or 2001. I'm a "Johnny come lately" Only experience I've had previously was dating a girl in high School who had a '55 Crown Vic with the Fordo automatc, a continental kit, skirts and Smithies. Didn't blow me away with the acceleration, but sounded great. I raced before, but only with FE's or my Windsor/Ranger, or a few Pontiacs, back in the day.
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By Vic Correnti - 12 Years Ago
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The transmission problems were a youth problem, a lot of street racing and no fear. I remember being able to change the transmission from start to finish in 20 minutes flat once I got rid of the transmission cross member. I could buy them for $20.00 back then. As for the red bird I am in the process of replacing the mechanical Enderly fuel injection with a MR Bigstuff3 electronic fuel injection. This should give it better manners. Now I need someone to prime it for me to start it. I am keeping the hat on top of it for the looks it has now so it gets a little more complicated. The fastest I have been so far is 9.5 at 136. I have not got myself up to speed with the car yet. I need to figure out how to launch it. I had a 1.015, 60 foot once but been spinning tires ever since. I had been spending a lot of time changing jet sizes to richen it up but I think I found the source of the problem. The intake runners on the heads had 2-.125 diameter holes drilled in them and epoxied shut. The epoxy started to fail sucking more air from the sump changing to fuel ratio. Finally enough holes were open so that at the end of the strip as I slowed down she started smoking pretty good. All I thought of was if it blows, out with the Cleveland and in with a Y-block. Well that Cleveland has way more HP then a Y-block so I have decided to stay with it. One Cleveland intake port is the size of two in the Y-block.
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By Ketterbros - 12 Years Ago
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1945, Started as a Flat Heads Forever, 1st Car 1936 Five window, 53 merc engine, Dad loved his Mercs, several glass tops..Brother Merc lover, N stock Greater Pittsburgh Dragway.. 55, and a 56 Gasser Keystone Dragway..
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By Larry D - 12 Years Ago
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I'll be 58 years young on Feb 20th. 1st Y-Block I owned was a 1956 Monarch (Merc) 312 3 speed standard. I grew up in a Ford family. Those were the days!
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By technic49 - 12 Years Ago
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Just turned 63 in January so I guess that make’s me an old timer, but not an old timer around y-blocks. I picked up a 55 Bird a little over a year ago and had planned to stuff a 302 into it. Fortunately I stumbled onto this forum. Anyone that spends time in this very knowledge rich forum can’t help themselves from acquiring a love and passion for the Y block. Larry
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By Y block Billy - 12 Years Ago
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Wow! 80 replies to this post, ask a woman this question and I bet the post would be empty!
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By Rich Stahle - 12 Years Ago
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I'll be 52 in March. My older brother gave me his 55 crown vick when I turned 16. Had a 272, automatic and duals with Hollywood mufflers, it wasn't too fast but it sounded good. I've owned a 66 pickup, 68 torino, 69 fairlane, and I'm on my second 56 victoria.
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By hjh - 12 Years Ago
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72 in August of 2012,always have a birthday a few days before the shootout Harry H
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By mctim64 - 12 Years Ago
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Y block Billy (2/11/2012)
Wow! 80 replies to this post, ask a woman this question and I bet the post would be empty!It wouldn't be empty you would just see a lot of 29s and 39s.
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By oldcarmark - 12 Years Ago
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I will be 56 on Saturday.My 56 was built in Nov 55 so its still older than I am.I had a 53 Meteor when I was 19.Always loved old Fords.As a matter of fact my ex-wifes name was Oldford.Hows that for a coincidence?
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By MS 57 Blackbird - 12 Years Ago
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Might as well keep this thing going! I was 10 when my 57 Bird was built in January. My first car was a 57 Fairlane 500 312 automatic and a little later had a 55 Crown Vic for several years before getting stupid and selling it but I have hung onto the Bird that I got in 1971. I've never been without a Y-Block in something since I was 15.
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By jonnireb - 12 Years Ago
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Good for you,I got stupid and sold my 55 Montclair.Went over thirty years without a y block. Still grieve over that Montclair.
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By Talkwrench - 12 Years Ago
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Mmm I had to think about it .. eerr umm 46 in June and I still wont be grown up !
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