Technical Crossing brands on powerplant choices?

Maybe that's his next thread

 

Seems like a lot of the resentment came during the street rod days when about every build got a 350 with Chinese billet, it got real boring.

Also seems like the guys that spent double building a "whatever" engine to make the same power as a SBC, get upset when someone puts a SBC into something, kind of an easy way out resentment thing.

Brand loyalty on a 50 to 80 year old car seems silly to me, you can't buy anything from the OEM for these cars, it's all aftermarket, swap meet, or built from scratch parts to put a hot rod together, use what you want, use what you can find.

 

OOPS, wrong ****on
73 RR--I think I remember that cacacamaro, beins I am NOW one of those old guys, I can't say where but I seem to remember it was at PIR early 70's, came around the corner, saw it and said WTF.
For some reason I want to say it was Danny Kilcup.
IIRC he also had a chevy 6 cyl. powered Austin Healey that he raced in the early 60's, then brought it out of retirement in later years.
Paging Marty Strode

 

In the early 80's I saw a late model Corvette with a diesel in it. I think I have a pic somewhere. I have often thought that a Model A with a VW diesel would be pretty cool. (the Corvette wasn't cool)

You could attend car shows on the cheap. "Sure, I'll drive".

I'm not a purist but there is no way a Chevy was going into my Pontiac. Just wasn't going to happen. That would have been a down grade. I would have considered a Cadillac or something from Chrysler.

I sometimes forget Ford made engines.

 

390 FORD /34 CHEV

 

What I love about threads like this is that not only are my questions answered, but I get to discover who are the members who love the hot rod life (ones to look to for knowledge and advice), which ones are learning (like me), and who is just here to be a ***** to others instead of helping out. Obviously, snobbery is not limited to brands of parts...but also to the more experienced vs the newbies.

 

Well, here's what I go by.

If someone asks a question about what other people think is acceptable its because they either don't have a mind of their own yet or are trying to please the wrong person. You need to be your own person in all things, not just cars. By the time or age that arrives when someone owns a car they ought to know who they are.

Who cares what the last guy preferred or the next guy will prefer? All that matters is what you like. Sure it helps if you know the "why" of what you like but that pales in comparison.

 

As I've already stated...I put whatever I want into my builds, and don't care who likes or dislikes it. I build for me and no one else. As I am new to the hot rod/custom life, I was merely trying to discover if this poor at***ude I had witnessed was a common occurrence a**** hot rodders...or if there were actually others like me who just build because they love it.

 

I seem to recall that Henry Ford had a guy named Chevrolet working for him. That said I worked with a guy who was pissed to say the least to find his new Buick had a Chevy in it. But come to think of it I bought the drivetrain out of an Old's Omega that had a Chevy in it too. Oh well you can always resort to the fake valve covers and tell everyone you are running an early Olds; or maybe graft the Power by Ford part of the rocker covers onto your 350.
Have fun!

 

In other words, you were stirring the pot!

 

Those are definitely other words...ones which have nothing whatsoever to do with anything I've said.

 

My 39 Ford coupe had a 400 Pontiac in it. When I built my Olds convertible, I decided to keep it all Olds and used a 455 Olds engine in this car, it really doesn't matter, this is hot rodding

 

No I don't think its stirring the pot, more of looking for validation to curb buyers remorse and shore up against some snarkiness from the jealous ones.

 

There have been a couple of mentions of The Big White Dyno, aka Bonneville, made already in this thread. Where any engine goes into any vehicle within the scope of the rulebook, and nobody cares as long as they get RESULTS. Everything you can imagine has been run out there, in flagrant disrespect for niceties like brand loyalty and matching ensembles.

In some ways, the salt is really the essence of pure hot rodding.

 

Ah don't beat on the new guy to much, he's just finding his way here.
It is traditional though, to test newbies, so to the OP, don't take it to heart, if you get questioned, or stired up a little, its a test of your metal.
This site is a huge thing to a newbie, and some dont always fit, but we all made mistakes at the beginning. I sure did, but most forgave me
Its not always easy, trying to be focused on the past and how it was back in the day, verses how it is today.

 

Most everyone has some buyers remorse, as not everyone can buy/build their 'perfect in every detail car'. That's something to strive for.... LOL. And the critics are rarely the ones with dirty fingernails and/or 'perfect' cars.

 

That being the case of 'not caring what other's think' would then null asking or taking polls from others thoughts on the matter. Having slid 455 Olds & 455 Buicks into late '60's & '70's Chevy trucks for a few hundred dollars each motor, the pay off far outweighed the herd mentality. Making the combination fit, tuned and looking like some did care is the goal. Reliable. Different. More powerful (generally) & some sense of balance, bingo. Drive the beach into the dirt.

 

"the critics are rarely the ones with dirty fingernails and/or 'perfect' cars"

that quote sums it up nicely! can i use for a signature line?

 

dude...what the **** happened to your avatar?!...please change it back

 

Larry--he might change it, but what has been seen cannot be unseen.
That's the worst case of camel toe I have ever seen!!!!!!!!!

 

Being a mechanic for the better part of my life,you see all kinds of stuff. When I was a younger man,I liked oldsmobiles,my old man did before me,so there were plenty around. There were always chevy guys that would claim to be faster. Always the same excuses when you smoked them,"missed a shift","best two outta three runs",like they could beat me two more times with a small block. Fast forward 20 years,the man that taught me wrench sizes and make stuff go when it wont is gone. He left me a 57 Studebaker with a 330/2004r,and a 42 ford coupe. I got tired of hearing small block 350,even on a customers car,but money is money. Im gonna do a few more cars 'for I'm too old. None of them Will contain in any shape form any GM parts other than Olds engines. The flathead is goin to get introdeced to a local creekbed,but I'll cut the 42 into little pieces before it gets anything GM... My 2cents

 

Sorry Bubba-buddy, another member complained that the prior babe was quote 'gross'. I kid you n o t. Maybe a bit o' time and the Evil Elvis goes back into the box w/the Gimp! Back on topic, I have located a 390 Cadillac for cheap, and an ancient '63 Nova/straight axle/set back motor/ect sitting in rickety barn. Yes, the bucket seat is in the rear seat area. And yes that Cad would go in way before a chebby. Ha!

 

So, 1 person with a minority opnion wins in this deal and all of the rest of us get to suffer??? That ****s, hope it changes back, before too long. That current avatar is definitely gross

 

My first swap was a Pinto 2 liter into a 67 Triumph TR-4, then a Ford 460 into a Stude pick-up, after that, a Dodge into a Dodge, now I'm working on a Detroit Diesel into a 47 Autocar. I guess I swing both ways, (not that way, fool) and I don't give a damn what others think. If you don't like my ride, buy it from me and do it your way!

 

doesn't matter what goes in, as long as it is done well and is an improvement.
the camaro with a flathead........not an improvement......even if it is a photoshop.

 

Of course brands get mixed-it's hot rodding isn't it?

 

Yes. And another on topic motor swap: Found a 500 cube Cad w/77,000 miles from a one owner donor. Would love to slide it in a early '60's GMC panel for a hauler. Or into a local '61 Uni body short bed Ferd sitting & rotting.

 

I always appreciate the work people go through to put "other motors" in their cars. Most of the time it takes a lot of thought and fabrication. Hot Rodding at it's finest.