56 Ford Y-Block powered "Gasser" build

[Lancer]

Thanks scicala, its going to be a fun car. We are having a great time just getting it all together. Even with having to track down these obscure parts that no one has thought about for years, its still good. To easy is pretty boring. I've always liked different, my other car build is a '53 DeSoto so I'm used to not having parts readily available.

Using these vintage parts is a large part of the charm. Building a performance engine with '50 year old parts is kinda crazy and also a huge part of the charm. I like unique things.

 

[Lancer]

Balancing up the crank for the race motor.

 

[Lancer]

Some concept art for the build.

 

[Lancer]

Re: 56 Ford Y-Block powered "Canned Monster"

Short block assembly begins.

 

[Lancer]

Timing set installed and the slugs are going in.

 

[scicala]

Timing set installed and the slugs are going in.

All I had to do was look at the cam and pistons and I'm in love !

Gotta hear it run some day too.

 

[smtichy]

Some concept art for the build.

Nice! You should consider making it a convertible so the driver doesn't have to punch a hole in the roof ... lol

 

[Lancer]

Here are a bunch of good pics of the engine assembly. Tims been a busy guy on this bad boy.

 

[Lancer]

Tshirt artwork coming along well.

 

[Lancer]

Picked up a few parts yesterday. Was able to grab the spindles we will be using. Sending them out to WAC Customs this week to get fitted on the tube axle. The vintage race tires are for mock up only but they will help get the proportions adjusted for the wheel wells. They are very vintage McCreary tires and not to soft. Anyone know how to soften up old tires???

 

[Lancer]

Looking over the Canned Monster tonight I noted that the car has a factory block off plates for the radio and the heater on the dash, and a block off on the firewall for the heater core. It was born to be a race car. Less stuff I have to pull off which is great.

 

[RCM]

Too cool. Nice work. Keep it up.

 

[Lancer]

Made a little progress on the "Canned Monster". Tires were mounted up on the wheels. I watched the poor guy at the tire shop try to mount them both up, was quite funny. As a reminder these tires are at least 40 years old and are for mock up only. The rubber is very hard and they were having a heck of a time trying to get them to work. Took three guys and a hammer if that gives you an idea. But, they're done now and hopefully will continue to hold air. We tossed them on the rear and now really see the offset of the wheels are no were near what they need to be. Since we are radiusing the wells it wont matter much.

Also starting pulling parts off the front of the car to get it ready for the new axle and other work to be done. Found something interesting. The car has a block off plate for the radio, but the car has a factory antenna that doesn't plug into anything. I found that amusing.

 

[Lancer]

Shirts are now available for preorder here

 

[Lancer]

Glass is now pulled out. The spindles had some bad parts so a new kit is on order to rebuild the king pins.

 

[Lancer]

Getting the 8" ready to pull out. This is available if anyone is looking for one.

 

[Ford Freak]

^^No jackstands ?^^

 

[Lancer]

Yes, there is one on each side under the frame right in front of the tires. Hard to see in the pic. The jack is just to move the rear up and down.

 

[Lancer]

Kingpin kit came in. Bill from WAC Custom can now get on the axle build.

 

[Tinker]

I assume your tubin' the rear or radiusing the quarters?. any picts of the fab work? Cool project!