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

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

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.

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?

hi, 64 1/2, first car, a 54 sedan, 6 cyl, three on the tree, 4.10 rear. ran good for a 6.

 lincoln/merc. y-blocks &mel's                                                               bucyrus, ohio.

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.

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

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.

  Vic Correnti

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..

Brother and I own/operate 1957 Ford Fairlane 312/4x2 and two 1963 Falcons 302 rollers carburated 600cfm, FE427 sitting in shed..

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!

Larry D

Winnipeg, MB Canada Eh!


'57 Fairlane 500 Club Victoria

'58 Custom 300 Tudor

'56 Crown Victoria

'61 Starliner Z Code

'51 Ford Victoria

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



Gibraltar, MI

55 T-Bird

Wow! 80 replies to this post, ask a woman this question and I bet the post would be empty!

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?

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.

Rich,  Spring Grove, Pennsylvania