I don't think it's as simple as it looks, like any machine you find the quirks in it after you use it a bit and compensate.  My friend does a nice job but has messed up a couple of bends on this project alone and he has been using the bender for 20 years or more.  it's all in how you hold your tongue.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

Oh, cool. I was just looking at something like that in the Summit catalog. Do the bends come out as good as they look in the pictures - minimal squishing of the pipe?


Lawrenceville, GA

My friend who has the shop where we are building the car has this, use to be manual but he made it hydrolic.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

What are you using to bend the tubing?


Lawrenceville, GA

hi tim; i've got a name i've been wanting to use for a long time but since i'll never get anything together you can use it if you like. The Y-Master.

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

Now you know... But it's also nice to discover what own hands can do.

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
www.hollowheads.net (just click the hole in the head to proceed)

As a mater of fact I am going to paint it red with black tubing to match my pit bike.

Todays work has a roll cage on the car, we're getting closer!

It's amazing the amount of time it takes to cut, bend, notch, fit and weld these few pieces.

   God Bless.   Tim                           http://yblockguy.com/

350ci Y-Block FED "Elwood", 301ci Y-Block Unibody LSR "Jake", 312ci Y-Block '58 F-100, 338ci Y-Block powered Model A Tudor

tim@yblockguy.com  Visalia, California    Just west of the Sequoias

tim,

there you go, the wYcked wYtch of the west!!!

You can be the Wyzard of Oz and paint the sheet metal rubY red!

Daniel Jessup

Lancaster, California

aka "The Hot Rod Reverend"
check out the 1955 Ford Fairlane build at www.hotrodreverend.com

In keeping with Johns Scrub comments .People who see the car are going to ask tons of questions and the most common one is why a Y block. My response would be the name of the car Y Not.

55Birdman  Hickory NC

I just wish Tim only had the name to choose to be finished, but I'm sure he has lots more to do.  Tim probably wishes it was christening time also.  Personally, I don't like the reference to scrubs for a couple of reasons.  First, only a select few people will understand what the scrub reference is, and secondly, it is possible that Tim will have to embarass other brands of engines also.  Oh, yeah, what would Jerry Christenson say about lettering "scrub" on a Y car?  I can almost hear his response all the way from Minnesota.

John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"