Pros and cons of Lincoln flatheads

[Tim Ayers]

Originally Posted by rotorwrench

Dale Earnhardt's first race car the Pink & Purple K2 car was a 1956 Ford. I don't know how well he did with it though.

Curtis Turner was probably the best Ford driver of the 50s. He did well in 1956 and could have won championship if he hadn't gotten started so late in the season. He had a reputation for blowing up engines but the Y-block survived that year. Some of the stories about the crazy things he did are legend.

Did Turner have FordMoCo support or was he an independent racer?

Funny, I'm an elementary principal and one of my parents, Rob Edelstein, wrote a book about him. It's called:

Full Throttle: The Life and Fast Times of NASCAR Legend Curtis Turner.

I'll have to read the book again, but from I recall Curtis was certainly a character.

Last question: My mechanical knowledge stops at '53, so I don't know the difference of the Y blocks and Fords FE OHV's. Do they share any lineage or are they completely different animals?

On a side note, a hard top R code Galaxie is one of my bucket list cars. I've always loved them.