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


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 theContinue 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!


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 itsContinue reading “Hunnert Car Pileup 2010 in Decatur, IL!”

Bessel Blocks are now offered at www.Strokerkits.com


                              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 $1400.00Continue reading “Bessel Blocks are now offered at www.Strokerkits.com”

Frenching The License Plate


     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 gettingContinue reading “Frenching The License Plate”

The Drags


Been one hell of a long weekend………The nostalgia drags were as cool as expected below are a few photos of the show and a few from our booth. Make sure you check out our new 4 – Bolt Splayed FE 390 block. Next week-end back to the merc build!

Decking The Y- Block


     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.Continue reading “Decking The Y- Block”