The Stovebolt Site Forums The Shop Area Engine Shop Just scored a 261!

I just found a 1959 261, according to the casting numbers on the head and block. The valvetrain appears to be in good shape, upon site and the oil that is in the crankcase appears to be surprisingly clean. Any advise as to how in depth I should get on the tear down? Should I take it to a machine shop to have it Magnafluxed? Thanks for the help, I think this will be a good engine!

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Tell us what other city Kyle, Texas is located near in the great State of Texas!

TEXAS. Kyle is on Interstate Highway 35 eight miles north of San Marcos and twenty miles south of Austin in northeastern Hays County. At its site the Balcones Escarpmentqv meets the blackland prairie; to the east there is farming and to the west, ranching. The town was established on July 24, 1880, when David E. Moore and Fergus Kyleqv (for whom the town was named) deeded 200 acres for a townsite to the International-Great Northern Railroad. The new town drew residents and businesses from Mountain City, three miles west, and Blanco, four miles west. Tom Martin operated the first business in Kyle. The community's population exceeded 500 by 1882 but later declined. Kyle was incorporated in 1928 as a general-law city with a mayor and five council members. In 1937 Mary Kyle Hartson, daughter of Fergus Kyle, was elected mayor by a write-in vote. In the early 1940s Kyle was noted as the only Texas town with an all-woman government. In the 1980s the community was served by the Hays Consolidated Independent School District. The Mary Lee Foundation School, at a seventy-three-acre site north of Kyle, educated multi-handicapped students. Kyle, located in the developing region between Austin and San Antonio, opened five new residential subdivisions in 1984-85, though three of these went bankrupt during the economic slump of the late 1980s. In 1989 a prerelease prison facility, classified as "minimal to medium" security, opened in Kyle; it housed prisoners in the last two years of incarceration who were being prepared for reentry into society. In the early 1990s Kyle reported a population of 2,256, with seventy-nine businesses. In 1992 the town had a library, a post office, a newspaper, a medical clinic, a strip shopping center, two banks, three grocery stores, and four churches. The town has been home to San Jacinto hero John Wheeler Bunton,qv Ambassador Edwin J. Kyle,qv Rhodes scholar Terrell Sledge, American League baseball pitcher C. C. "Tex" Hughson, historian Milton Nance, and authors Katherine Anne Porterqv and Lena Elithe Hamilton Kirkland.qv

Alright Tony!

Did you know that Kyle Field in College Station, TX takes its name from the same family? Its still a pretty small town but we are deemed the new site for one of the only Cabela's Outfitters in the south, coming in 2005! It's going to be hard deciding how to spend the paycheck. Truck or cool hunting stuff?

6Cylinders: Where exactly is Hurst?

Tony: Some of the guys I work with hail from Wise County, are you originally from that area?

here the info on Hurst, Texas

Settlement of Northeast Tarrant County began in 1850 when Isaac Parker built his log cabin home in what is now southwestern Hurst. After the Civil War, more settlers moved into the area and with them came the need for schools and churches. Daniel Arwine responded to this need by deeding six acres of land for the construction of a new school, church, and cemetery. All of the original development was located in what is now Hurst's Bellaire Subdivision.

In 1870, William L. Hurst moved into the area with his wife and seven children. This date is usually cited as the official establishment of Hurst. They settled approximately one mile north of the present Highway 10 (Hurst Boulevard). When the railroad came through the settlement in 1903, the local station was named Hurst's Station.

Later growth in the small rural town slowed when east-west rail routes were changed and routed through Arlington rather than the Mid-Cities area. In 1949, Hurst had its first post office when the Souder Family added a postal station to the corner of their grocery store as a service to 1,000 residents.

Incorporation
Hurst incorporated as a general law city on September 25, 1952 with a total population of 2,700. During the next five years, the population increased to 5,700 and continued to grow to 31,000 by the year 1981. One of the main catalysts for this growth boom was the opening of the $3 million Bell Helicopter plant which pioneered the helicopter aviation industry in Texas.

The advent of the Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport in 1974 contributed dramatically to the growth of Hurst and the Mid-Cities area in the years to follow. The airport has become one of the area's major industries and employers, and has helped the economy by bringing in new development and industry that relies heavily on airport services. Current population for Hurst is approximately 36,500, and the average household income is just under $68,000.

Hurst Now
Presently, Hurst operates under a charter adopted in 1956 that provides for a council-manager form of government. The mayor and six council members are elected at-large and provide collective representation to all Hurst citizens. The City Council is responsible for all matters of policy and is the authority for levying taxes, securing revenues, authorizing expenditures of city funds, and incurring city debts. The City Manager is directly responsible to the City Council, and the city's seven department heads report to him.

In addition, eleven Boards and Commissions were created to assist the City Council in deciding matters of policy and procedure. The members of these Boards and Commissions are appointed by the City Council and meet on various issues throughout the year. For more information about the activities of the Hurst City Council or Boards and Commissions, please contact the City Secretary's Office at (817) 788-7042.

tony'n wea

Ha ha! The personalities on this forum are hilarious. Tony, I'll bet your fingers are sore after all the pecking? I just learned more in the last few replies than I probably did in all of Junior High Texas History.

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G-AH-AH-LEE Tony!!!!
I've lived in Hurst since 1960 and I've always figured only about me and two or three other people knew very much at all about the City of Hurst!!
Since you seem to be interested, here are a few more bits of info on Hurst.
Our current Mayor, who has held office for 24 years was the first Postmaster for the city in the Post Office of his parents grocery store on Highway 10, the shortest state highway in the state of Texas. His name is William (Bill) Souder and his mother, who owned Emma's Grocery Store in Hurst was a daughter of William L. Hurst.
Emma died about 15, or so, years ago at the age of 99. The Honorable Mayor Souder will be 83 on his next birthday and runs faster than I do everyday all day long!
It's a pretty nifty little city!
Now about Kyle! Also very interesting! I am always amazed at some of the unbelievable history that lies behind some of these small towns in Texas, or, for that matter, any communities across our great country!!