What? is the 10 year plan now a 15 year plan?

  Dennis in Lititz PA

Seppo.

Thanks for asking about the Merc.  I haven't been posting anything for a few months because of some technical problems logging in.  Jim Culver fixed that today.

Actually, the Comet is on hold.  I have every intention to finish it, but currently I have switched horses in the middle of the stream.  The new project is still Y-Block powered, but the truck (can't get away from trucks) is surely going to raise a few eyebrows.  I started it from scratch, but it is now much farther along than the Merc and I will post some pictures when I get brave enough to show it.

Charlie

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



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i'm not very good at this.

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

charlie, i just looked up the article in the november hot rod. farrington set the new record 200mph record with a 429 cu in 6-71 blown chrysler in his 56 bird. sorry.

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

314, you're right it was a 368 lincoln, but it was bored and stroked to 430 cu in.    charlie, the 56 merc. was bored to 391 cu in and ran hilborn inj. and had a best run of 153.649mph.  also i read in the december 56 hot rod that jazzy jim nelson went 134mph at 10.30 et in the quarter with his 1700 lbs fiat body'd modifyed roadster on his first time out, he was using 75% nitro.

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

And Charlie... how's your Merc?

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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Jyrki just send me this picture. I don't know where the ##ll he found this, but that Mad Dog II text on the front is strange to me. Nevertheless, two Thunderbids and '56 Ford at the front, couple of Mercurys at behind... great shot . Daytona Beach?

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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Sometimes reading the truth hurts . Maybe he thought he would hold the record? Naah, just kidding... Some people are so busy that they don't even have time to hang around the computer like you and me, Tim .

 Seppo from Järvenpää, Finland
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I just noticed that the guy who originaly asked this question has not checked since he first posted.   Funny that is atleast the second time I've seen that on this forum.  Wonder why people do that?

   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

"Back in Karol's era Knot Farrington was running a blown Y in a streamlined T-Bird, but I can't recall his speeds.  He later put a Chrysler Hemi in it." John - "The Hoosier Hurricane"

John, I was catching up on a back issue of Y-Block Magazine (July-August 1999, #33) and Jerry Christenson reported that he read in the July 1960 issue of Hot Rod Magazine that Farrington's '56 T-Bird went 173.41 at Bonneville.  The HR magazine article said he had a 342 cu. in. Y-Block with a McCulloch supercharger fed by 3x2s.  Farrington's Y-Block was estimated at 400 hp. (Jerry thought that was conservative).

I still think there could have been faster speeds out there.  I'll keep looking..........By the way, you were quite the contributor your self back then.  I have enjoyed a number of your articles.

Charlie Burns Laton, Ca (South of Fresno)



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