Thanks to the great support from this site! It will be an honor to have photos of the car in the revolving header.

Good post too, Dad.

Thanks, I'll check and see if it's one that I have. Thanks for sharing!

I am loving every minute I have of finding photos and searching for parts for these old beasts!

Really neat, having built / owned a '40 Willlys (blown 392 Chrysler) and being a Mel fan it this is just plain cool. I recall seeing the one pic in my Supercharged Gas Coupes book not knowing the '59 Ford engine in the caption was a Mel. Ted Cyr not only helped his bearings with the oil galley mods...

Very cool! :shock: I'ld like to see more pictures of the car. Thanks, for posting There might be a couple more pictures floating around out there, but I don't have but maybe a couple more. I don't know of any other pictures of the engine either, other than in the magazine write-up. Maybe my Dad or ...

Thanks for the warm welcome! I'll do my best to learn and contribute!

I noticed the Hilborn injector pics posted by Chris Craft Crazy on the aftermarket induction thread are the same as were used on the Grist Bros MEL (pic above). I imagine a set of those would be a rare find indeed. I'm new to the forum/thread and am enjoying the posts. Yep, Dad, it looks like I nee...

Here is some of the story of the 430 MEL from my Dad's point of view. "They purchased a 430 cubic inch Lincoln engine and started building on it. They bored and stroked it to 501 cubic inches. They ran a stock “nodular” crankshaft. In the early days Joe Mailliard helped with the machine work. After ...

Thank you to everyone! My Dad has been working on a website with more in-depth history and photos about the Grist Bros , but it is taking a while considering all of the info gathering and learning html code, etc. I have some of his transcript of "interviews" with my Great Uncle Ralph (my Dad's Uncle...

This is how the car sits as of today.

Thanks for your interest! The Willys was sold in late '64 to '65 and was never heard from again until about a year ago. The guy had bought a Willys that had been last raced in the 80's, from what I can remember. No one knew the origins of the car except that it had a chopped top. The new owner consu...