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1954 Mercury Woodie Monterey 4-door 8 passenger station wagon For Sale $1750 OBO

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New Price $1500.00 For more information call Ronnie @ 636-946-4747 or email me at jason@besselmotorsports.com 1954 Mercury Woodie Monterey 4-door 8 passenger station wagon. Highlights of model year was new overhead valve “Y-Block” eight replacing Ford’s venerable flathead eight. Ball joint suspension was also new. 11,656 were produced. The wagon has been garaged for the last 20 years still has the y-block, but no tranny. There is rust in the normal places drop me a line if interested. SOLD Continue reading 1954 Mercury Woodie Monterey 4-door 8 passenger station wagon For Sale $1750 OBO

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Hunnert Car Pileup 2010 in Decatur, IL!

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As you know, we had a lot of problems with the Hunnert Car Pileup last year. The problems were a long time coming and we’re lucky they didn’t happen sooner and no one was seriously hurt. These events forced us to think long and hard about what the Pileup is, where it’s going, and where its future path should lead. We’ve always said that if we felt the soul of the Pileup slipping away from us that we would rather stop having the show than see it turn into something we don’t like. After some deep contemplation and heated debates, we’ve … Continue reading Hunnert Car Pileup 2010 in Decatur, IL!

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Bessel Blocks are now offered at www.Strokerkits.com

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                              StrokerKits.com Is Now Offering Bessel Shortblocks  Product Description Bessel Ford 460 Engine Block – 545 or 557 Stroker – $4100.00 Bessel Ford FE 390 Engine Block – 445 Stroker – $4100.00 Bessel Ford 302 Engine Block – 331 or 347 Stroker – $3400.00 add AFR 185 heads $1400.00 Specifications   * Thermal Cleaned & shot blasted * Magnufluxed * Bored In CNC Macine * Torque plate honed (represents head being torqued to block) * Bessel Splayed Mains Installed & Align Honed * New Durabond Performance cam bearings installed * New Brass freeze plugs installed … Continue reading Bessel Blocks are now offered at www.Strokerkits.com

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Frenching The License Plate

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     Today was a good morning we start around 9:30 and worked on getting the car ready to fire. First thing we did was finish wiring the car up, next we removed all of the spark plugs and turned the motor over to get the oil pressure up.  Once that was finished up we started getting the plug wires on and the # 1 cylinder up. Noticed we need some new points ( Idiots at the part stores! Are there no real parts people anymore?)  I had to go around the corner and look up my parts in the catalog, because … Continue reading Frenching The License Plate

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Decking The Y- Block

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     Its been a busy week here. I have decked the block from the deck height of 9.770″ to 9.734″  a difference of .036″ I am going to be placing the piston .002″ in the hole. The block was not very square from the factory at all the CNC machine really straightened out the block.  Hopefully this and the amount I removed from the cylinder heads will give me a little more compression in a motor that only had 8.1 from the factory.  I also purchased the Rust-mort and “Black” etching primer for the car, so hopefully if the weather … Continue reading Decking The Y- Block