I'm 64. Bought my first y block in 1964.

Wichita,KS

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

yblocksdownunder

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.

moz. geelong victoria australia.

graduate 1980, bus, truck, car, hot rod, boat, submarine, hovercraft, hydrafoil, firetruck, mobile home, jet, helicopter, cruise ship, motorcycle, bicycle, santa's sleigh, clock, alloy bullbar, alloy fuel tank, lens, dr who's tardis, matter - anti matter warp drive buffer & y-block lover

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...

Tero from Nurmijarvi, Finland

56 Country Sedan, 61 F-100, 61 F-600, 55 F-620, 52 Mercury

http://www.dlc.fi/~teros

http://www.y-block.info

http://www.hollowheads.net

http://www.fordnationals.net

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

Michael

Sandy Valley, NV

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

John: Lake Forest, IL



'57 Fairlane 500 - Looking better every day.

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.

  Dennis in Lititz PA

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

Eddie

Lake Forest, Ca. 92630

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

Not my dads 57 Fairlane nor my grandfathers, young guns are taking over ! REBELLIOUSENGINEERING.COM

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.

Glen Henderson



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Letohatchee, AL