He was definately happy ... he said he reads on this blog too... but I think I will let him reveal himself if he wants ( I dont know his user name anyway) Thanks

Wonder who got them ???

Oldmics

Good for you RR, I'm guessing that the recipient was happy with the deal also, and what a great start on that Y hot rod for the boy.  Interesting story on the heads, kinda like someone put supercharger heads on the engine to pump it up, but in reality reduced compression by 10% or so. That said, your Dad was right that is a special engine, and with another build she'll spin again, thanks for the update.  

Ted, Redding, CA

Well broken gate.. as promised here's the "deal" the EDB-D heads sold for a total value of $ 4,000.00 almost all cash with good replacement heads ECZ-G and 4 barrel intake and some other small engine parts... thanks to all you guys for all your input ... cheers !!

Isn't that the truth. There a picture thread on the H.A.M.B. that is 248 pages and climbing about that. Projects Sitting and Rotting.............picture thread

"The Master Cylinder"

Enjoying life at the beach in SOCAL

That's pretty cool. It's a good thing you were able to restore the '55. Those "gonna restore one day" cars out in the weather don't always fare too well.


Lawrenceville, GA

Ok broken gate heres the back story... an older gentleman had two t-birds (57 and 55) rusting away in his backyard (in north jersey) for years and years and wouldnt sell, a buddy of my late fathers was hot on the 57 bird and made a deal to sell the other (the 55) to my dad... if he could ever convince the man to sell ...a dozen years of persistence had no success ... the wife wanted them out also but he wouldnt budge, finally the gentleman passed away in the mid 90s and the phone rang at my dads buddys house " get em the hell out !!!" is all she said and a day later we were looking at a horrendous rusty hulk of a 55. I looked at my dad and told him he was nuts and should never try to work on a car like this and he said "its fine and its never been hit " and so in a month or so the work began. The first thing we did was pull the motor and all my dad said was " listen you... you put this away its a GOOD motor" i put it inside his nice dry warm basement and there it sat until a month ago... my father passed away in 2001.. and after a few years I finished the 55 (july 05 of mucsle mustangs and fast fords did an article on it " modern modded bird") meanwhile I started a family and my son is now 14 and told me hed like to build a model A sedan street rod... excited as all heck I ran down the basement and asked him if he wanted to power it with this cool thunderbird motor, "it was your granfathers and he said its a GOOD motor" is what I told him. He said "yep", so I brought it to my favorite engine builder for a freshening and quickly got a call from him and he said that some casting numbers were strange and I should look into them, most of the parts turned out to be 55 t-bird with a mixture of lincoln stuff BUT the heads were edb-d 57 heads... Oh boy Dear old dad was right that was a GOOD motor !! I shouldnt use the heads for this street rod project and they do belong on a f code ford... so thats why they are here. Im sure glad I listened to my dad... Thats the back story. I will let you know the selling price soon Thanks

If you have the other parts from the car, they will also be valuable. I'm sure you've discerned that by now!!  

Frank/Rebop

Bristol, In ( by Elkhart) 

Hey Brokengate, I plan on letting you guys know what they sell for.... it was really difficult to find a value on these... also the back story is really great too and I will post monday or tuesday Thanks

I appreciate the OP (Return Road) for bringing these parts here, but also know that if you Google y-block you are coming here first and rightly so.  I don't have an interest in them but  if I wanted/needed them would be delighted to know of the oppurtunity.  If the OP is still hanging out I would really like to know what happens to them and what these heads are worth at todays value when sold, and for me I'd love to know the back story, these are obviously rare, where were they hiding.  So hopefully RR you'll check back in.

Ted, Redding, CA