Houston, Webster, Pearland, Galveston, etc area
Gave most of my FE stuff away, went to good homes though
Have all nice parts except block to build a 352 for my 65 F100 while I decide on a bigger mill
Still runnin the original block with a cheap rebuild 25 years ago, had over 300,000 miles on it
Had 2 ridges, first from top rings, second ridge from second rings
All of the top rings were broken in several places, 3 or 4 of the second rings were broken
Had to use a large rat tail file to cut the top ridge's down so the ridge reamer would work
Reason I rebuilt the original mill is a interesting story
I bought 352 short block that came from an automotive school from a guy my Daddy worked with
This was according to my Daddy's friend, a donated mill from Ford
He said they gave it to him as they had problems with oiling or such , his story, not mine
Used to be, main's had inserts with oil holes and 5 without, yall see where this is goin
Pulled the main caps and the inserts were orientated wrong
The block and all looked new, was gonna use it to replace my worn out block
There was an old guy in the neighborhood that came around looking for scrap, that was his living
I always saved a pile for him as did others, one day he showed up and I told him what he could take
The scrap pile was on the side of my garage, the 352 short block was in front of the 3rd garage door
I told him not to take the short block as it was for my truck, he was always jolly and said of course
After he left, I went outside and the short block was gone
The old man had somehow gotten the short block into his station wagon and drove off with it
He never came around again, I would have still helped him..
Ricky.
