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Daniel Jessup — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:14:31 GMT

ditto on the salutes from the other fellas! Bill - some of us young guns out here in the states (that's the 35 and under crowd) need to be educated on all of this. Great material!

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Ketterbros — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:43:58 GMT

Aussie Bill, one of the many draws to this site is the very thing that you post, Keep em a commin..

Mesquite, TX.

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pegleg — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:33:18 GMT

I, for one, would love to read the story of Jones. We don't get much info on the "down under" scene except from you guys.

We ALWAYS enjoy Lon at EXPO, (except Lynne's better lookin!)

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mctim64 — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 08:26:32 GMT

Keep the stuff coming! ;) I for one enjoy everything you post, especially the "Rail Jobs", gives me inspiration and ideas.

Thanks Bill!

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Moz — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 05:16:26 GMT

bill

you will never wear out your welcome here the things you post are truly insperational keep posting pics i for one love looking at them your really australia's y-block guru & im overdue for a chat on the phone.

p.s. like lon i havent met bill in person but do enjoy our phone chats.

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LON — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 04:29:27 GMT

Bill ,

I am sure you haven't wore out your welcome on this site yet .Keep posting photos of your manifolds . Great to see Bert Jones " Haley's Comet " . Like you, I have a big collection of early Australian Hot Rod, Hot Rodding Review , Rodsport & Dragnews ..We could start up a new section just on Y Block powered Hot Rods in Au .???? Bill, I think I should do a story on you ( for YBM ) and your love of Y -Blocks over the last 40 odd years .You have truely been an ambassador for as long as I remember .I even remember seeing a photo of you with LONG hair standing next to a 55 Cusso with 3 x 2 's .

Lon

PS . Bill and I have never actually met in person ,only spoken by phone or e-mail .

OLD Y BLOCK PICS

aussiebill — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 22:38:35 GMT

Guys, hope you dont think i,m on here too often, but i live and breathe this stuff and like to share it from other side of the pond. I just got hold of some 1968 Aust hot rod mags as i was there in that era , cars and places etc, so is bit of a time capsule for me, 4th childhood perhaps, anyhow there is nice y block hotrod with nicest shaped set of chromed headers on cover.

Below from 68 magazine is unusual combination of y block coupled directly to early diff, it was in a show car as a hearse with the engine inside the glassed area, bit like a Barris car of the era, i doubt it would be drivable and i cant remember seeing it, different!!

Below from 68 hot rod mags is nice yblock in hotrod with unusual valve covers.

Below is without doubt the nicest y block rail ever built, it belonged to good friend Bert Jones, he was natures gentleman, a mentor to everyone that he met and is dearly missed. I will get round to his storey one day when the mood suits me, but the rail is a tribute to his talents, while not the fastest in its day, 312 tripower, was a delight to watch run, it put a rod through the block and with work commitments, bert never got back to it, he was responsible for being the brains behind the most winning, race cars, boats, dragsters, and anything with an engine, he was the foremost Cam grinder here until passing in 2000.