found this 48 Pontiac forsale today, I need to learn to say no

Not exactly sure what my plans for this one will be. The guy I got it from said one of the conecting rods is bad. The cylinder head is off and when you turn it over #7 cylinder piston doesnt move. Maybe yank the staight 8 and put in a 350 chev.

 

if you need to learn to say no, you should hang out with my wife for a little while...
cool car. don't put a 350 in it.

 

How easy is the Pontiac straight 8 to work on? I've never owned one. All the engine parts are in the trunk. I would need to tear into the engine even more to see what the problem is in that cylinder, then finding gaskets for it to re***emble seems like a h***le.

 

awesome car..

it the grille is nice you scored.. if its rough.. I am sorry..


put a 350 in it, keep the hood shut..

 

I have the same problem....only I don't see it as a problem

 

The grill is straight but it'll need some re-chroming

 

My wife usually says not before I even speak, so I just buy what I want like you did and ask for forgiveness...(no).

Looks like a decent car to me...be glad you didn't say no.

 

If the straight eight isn't saveable, I hope you can resist going with a 350. No more work to make motor mounts for a 455 and you could sure use the torque in that thing. I love these cars (too much)...

 

Nice find, where abouts did you come across that?

 

Green Lake WI

 

Cool, wouldn't be suprised if it has some kind of mob ties coming from that area.

 

napa can more than likely get the gaskets for this motor... but yea. slide a poncho mill back into it if you decide to use the inline 8 for a boat anchor

 

The only thing sounds sweeter than a pontiac straight 8 is a pontiac 400 with a ram air 4 cam.

 

nice find, dont put the sbc in it

 

it seems like not being able to say no is a wisconsin thing because me, my dad, my cousin, and most of my friends are the same way.


good score though

 

cool find i love those fastbacks

 

What did you pay for it?I can't sell my 47 and it is a super nice california car.

 

thats a pretty cooool score i would not have been able to say no to buying it either

 

Put a Pontiac 400 or 455 in there.

 

Sounds like a plan. I have a 354 cu. Hemi to trade for a motor and trans combo for the 48 pontiac, or... i guess I could put the Hemi in the poncho

 

I am with ZMAN... either a pontiac 400 or 455....could be bad***...

 

The cool factor of popping the hood and showing off a straight 8 is worth the effort, and they do sound sweet.

 

I'd either drop the hemi in or I'd at least keep it all Pontiac. Would be cool if you could find a 421 or 428 for it or even a 389. Pontiacs engines are great no matter which one you find from the 389 to the 455, they're stump pullers

 

from what I found online, thats all they do, 294 cu and 100hp. I'd need to melt the back tires. That wont do...

 

Bomb!

 

Yep, Pontiac V 8 either 350,400 or 455. Not spendy and if you replace the timing chain they run forever.

 

Sweet! Those are real cool, nice score.

 

sweet score man! there's one just like it two miles from me for $1500.. If i had the scratch i couldn't say no either

 

California Pontiac Restoration has the gaskets you need, I bought a bunch of stuff for my 239 flat 6. Otherwise I have a Pontiac 350 on the back burner for my 41.

 

I have a 389 and a 400 if you're in the mood for a drive. One core, one used runner -