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| Welcome to the site Ken, My heritage is from there also on my mothers side, Moore and Sullivan were her parents names' The Y is a great daily driver and very reliable, I think the Y block cars are probably the biggest number still with their original engines, unlike the other brands that have been swapped out five times in their life, if that tells you how reliable they are. As far as installing hardened seats I don't think it is a neccesary in your neck of the woods if your gas is as high an octane as UK. We get crap for gas compared to you guy's and Austrailia. we get 87 octane for regular and 91 for high test, I think you guy's are up near 100 aren't you? Don't be scared, put the Y in, a set of glass packs and drive it like you stole it.
 55 Vicky & customline 58 Rack Dump, 55 F350 yard truck, 57 F100 59 & 61 P 400's, 58 F100 custom cab, 69 F100, 79 F150, 82 F600 ramp truck, 90 mustang conv 7 up, 94 Mustang, Should I continue?
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| Ken, like the others have already posted, I see no reason why the Edsel couldn't be a routine daily driver. I drove a 56 F600 rollback that I had about 2-3 times a week loaded with a car on it and once I got all the little things done to it was extremly reliable. I was working on the side hauling cars back and forth to a auto auction. I did that for just about 3 years in all kinds of weather. You should really like it here, a great group of people from all walks of life with great knowledge.
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Ken: First welcome to the site. I also have Irish heritage, which includes sir names such as McGinnis, Dougherty & Kelly. Anyway, to your inquiry. You need to take into account the current time. The engines are 50+ years old now, so it all depends on the current state of repair the engine is in. When new & currently properly rebuilt, they are, & were very durable engines. If you are going to do a rebuild on yours, you need a Ford Y-block manual & should also refer to John Mummert's site, www.ford-y-block.com It's a very valuable site both for information & parts. Pay close attention to the page on "assembly errors" Other questions can be answered by experienced people on this site. Good luck with the project...
Paul
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