Hi dave, Thomas covers are scarce and popular and with all of them, dont last long on ebay, I can only suggest keep on checkig ebay and magazines. i got mine years ago. best regards bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Bill, got those parts (15/04/09 ) you sent thanks. I pick up my block etc from the machine shop today and can now start assembly. I don't suppose you've got a reasonably priced set of Thomas or any of the other old Aussie alloy rocker covers ??

Hi, yes, thats a neat teeshirt emblem, yes, we did discuss the argentine heads, and told him what i knew of the weslake style, my good mate here has the cast iron version of the weslake heads and some bits a pieces of the race engines, all exciting but still lots missing, rocker gear etc which is certainly different to anything. there was a mention of some of our followers finding a set of the windsor style heads, not sure if complete or just ended up on bench. Its great to allways have a holy grail in any hobby to help keep it alive. Best regards, aussie bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

[quote]aussiebill (4/13/2009)

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My apologies, i couldnt remember those offy parts you mentioned at that time but was reminded when i inadvertantly met your mate who was originally after them, i approached him at the 2009 Hot Rod Nationals at Goulburn on Saturday because he had great Y block V8 emblem on his tee shirt! Spreading the faith!!

Yeah Bill , the only reason he's got that shirt is because it didn't fit me and he's been reminding me of it ever since !! He claims that the "shirt" was the hit of the nats. Funny how many people are gunna or wanna do something with a Y-Block , wish I could have been there.Obviously there weren't too many Spades cars there a s they're normally good for a couple of Y-Blocks. Did my mate have a chat with you about the "phase 2" Argentinian Y-Blocks with modified windsor heads? 

My apologies, i couldnt remember those offy parts you mentioned at that time but was reminded when i inadvertantly met your mate who was originally after them, i approached him at the 2009 Hot Rod Nationals at Goulburn on Saturday because he had great Y block V8 emblem on his tee shirt! Spreading the faith!! had great time but 760 odd cars and my A model coupe was Only Y block engine there! despite most folks going to use or thinking about these engines. My old faithfull 312 tripower started to flood often on rear carb and despite clean out still did it, so this week, its carb week! Best regards. Aussie bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia

Michael , the sound & vision is crap but it will give you an idea how it sounds

http://s648.photobucket.com/albums/uu202/yblock32/?action=view&current=IMAG0524.flv

Ooops sorry about the photo double ups

 yblock32

Yes Michael they are tri-y. When I made them they had look like they could have been made in the sixties and not look like SBC headers. The rest of the system is made from 2.1/4" mandrel bends & tubing. Yes it does sound good ( but I'm biased ) and it also meeets our BS 96 decibel noise test for registration.

 yblock32

I like the headers too, interesting design , looks like a tri-y configuration, bet they sound real good. What kind of mufflers you run on that thing??

                                              Michael

Michael

Sandy Valley, NV

Dave, i know lilow products, will say g.day! it wasnt me that got those offy parts you mentioned,must be slipping!!  i have sent the parts you ordered, best regards bill.

  AussieBill            YYYY    Forever Y Block     YYYY

 Down Under, Australia