Quote Originally Posted by Mike P View Post
....my little brother inherited it .....and promptly blew the engine up. You might notice the remains of the tractor in the background, that was a streched F20 Farmall that that was built for the light modified tractor pull class. I built a real nice 354 Poly for that and yes he managed to ventilate the block in that too. Kind of a trend for him in his younger days I guess (727 Transmissions were also a common replacment him).
Yeah, but back then a guy could run out to the local salvage yard, walk in and tell them what he was looking for, and the response was, "I think there's a good one out in that '59, but it'll cost you $25!!" Oh for the days of cheap used parts, and being turned loose to go pull them yourself!!