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Old 01-18-2022, 07:34 AM   #1
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Yesterday was an exceptionally good day.

It ended with a visit to Hanford Auto Supply
in Hanford, California where I met Tim McMaster
the Legendary Y Block engine builder who also
is the Legendary Flathead engine builder.





A quiet unassuming fellow - he came to work
in this building back in 1985 and never left.





Tim’s Dad wanted him to be an engineer
but Tim liked cars - he took a job while
in high school in 1985 and parlayed that
into owning the building and the business.

Tim is the current land speed record holder
for a Y Block at 196 mph - having set that
record at The Bonneville Salt Flats last year.





So pull up a chair and take a visit with me
to Hanford Auto Supply - a 14.000 square foot
building fist built in 1907 - listen as Tim explains
about his Y block race car - see some Stellar Cars.

@ https://youtu.be/4aTOB1ZNzh4


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Old 01-18-2022, 08:18 AM   #2
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Great video! Glad to learn more about Tim and Hanford.
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He is spoken highly of on the Hamb.
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Old 01-18-2022, 09:52 AM   #4
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Watched your video, couldn’t help but notice the flathead powered Ford 8n, lots of nice vehicles in the shop.
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Old 01-18-2022, 10:03 AM   #5
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Tim drove from all the way from Hanford to Mentone last Saturday to attend the memorial for Tony Huntimer. (Tony produced the World's Faster Calendar and was well known on the salt. Very class act on the part of Tim. Great video. Thanks for posting.
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Old 01-18-2022, 11:06 AM   #6
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I follow Tim on FB and Instagram. He has so many cool cars! My favorites are his 39 coupe and 53 merc- both with hot flatheads!
Great video thanks for sharing!
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Old 01-18-2022, 11:29 AM   #7
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Very cool. Thanks for sharing.

Robz51: What's his Instagram name? I'd like to follow him as well.
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Old 01-18-2022, 01:40 PM   #8
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Tim is a solid dude and it was a pleasure meeting him and racing with him at BVille. Hopefully the FlatCad team will be back out there (not this summer) - we're shooting for 2023.
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Cool video Jim! Thanks for sharing!
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You can follow yblockguy on instagram

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Old 01-18-2022, 08:38 PM   #12
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trulyvintage you have all the fun! Thanks for the video!



Tim's site was a goto when I was working on a 292. He is the yblock guy for sure. Hard to mess around with a yblock without ever running into his name.


His site also
http://yblockguy.com/


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Old 01-18-2022, 09:51 PM   #13
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Thank You For All The Kind Remarks !

Today was spent back in Visalia extricating
the 1934 Brewster from 20 years of storage
and showing it the light of day !





8 am to 5 pm and worth every minute ….


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Old 01-24-2022, 08:56 PM   #14
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great video and shop, thanks for sharing
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