Here is a vid from youtube. This truck is built right and runs good. Thankyou Ron Plender.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isq9LZyPgzU

specs
A 1950 Chevy truck with a 292 inline six cylinder..
Original chassis boxed and reinforced
Heidts front end kit
Ford 9 rear end with Moser aluminum center section
Ladder bar/coil over shock rear suspension
Jerico 4 speed with V-gate shifter
Hays aluminum flywheel
Hays clutch with sintered iron disc
Engine

292 cid inline 6, bored 60 thsd over
Kirby/Sissell aluminum 12 port head
Hilborn mechanical fuel injection
12 to 1 compression
Aluminum rods
MSD ignition
Crower solid lifter cam
Running on race gas
Dynod at 460+ hp at the flywheel
All steel body weighs 2803 lbs (just over 3000 lbs with driver)

Nicely done!!
Would like to see the engine bay.
Al

Hey Ron,
Nice video, but it really doesn't do justice to how gorgeous and professional your truck really is. Post some still pics for us to drool over.

Forever Cruisin',
6RE6

That is a sweet sounding machine, doesn't move half bad either, haha.

Oh, if only the Kirby head was available to us as much as aftermarket heads were for SBC's...or any other engine series for that matter. The possibilities would be endless.

-Sam.

I've talked to Kirby several times this summer, most recently in late July. He is in the process of machining (25) heads right now. They have been available for a long time, since the early 80's, its just the cost that turns people away from them, because the demand is relatively low compared to a SBC or more popular engines. If he could make several hundred at a time, that would bring the individual cost per head down considerably, but the (25) he is doing now probably represents only about what you will sell in about 4-5 years, unfortunately!

Just curious, how much does a complete Kirby head go for?

It depends on the final stage of porting that is done to it. But its the whole package that really gets you. Since you have to buy his intake and valve cover, build a custom header, and use special valvetrain components, you can be easily over $5000 before you can crank the engine with just the head and its required components. Since no professional racing sanctioning body allows it to be used in the USA, the only usable market for the head is someone outside the USA with deep pockets that wants an aluminum head for these engines that doesn't have rules restricting them from using it in their racing organization, and is allowed to use it or someone that has a vast amount of disposable income to build a real high end street rod or other type of hot rod.

Still waiting on the pictures

This truck reminds me of my truck from years ago.