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01-18-2022, 07:34 AM | #1 |
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A Visit With Legendary Flathead Engine Builder Tim McMaster At Hanford Auto Supply
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 Jim |
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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01-18-2022, 09:12 AM | #3 |
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He is spoken highly of on the Hamb.
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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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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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Great video thanks for sharing! Rob Sent from my SM-G960U using Tapatalk |
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. |
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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01-18-2022, 02:24 PM | #9 |
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Cool video Jim! Thanks for sharing!
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01-18-2022, 04:44 PM | #10 |
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You can follow yblockguy on instagram
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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/ . Last edited by Tinker; 01-18-2022 at 09:01 PM. |
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 …. Jim |
01-24-2022, 08:56 PM | #14 |
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great video and shop, thanks for sharing
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