I have been wanting to build a hot rod with a unique engine. I thought that a slant 6 ,or a pontiac straight 8 , or maybe a hudson twin H might be cool. Any pics? horror stories? or should I just go with a 283 and save myself the trouble?
mines not ina fenderless car buuut, inlines are always different. try www.inliners.org, go to the rides section theres sum pictures of cool fenderless cars with inlines
mine is inline and fenderless - for some old shots go the older pics on the Inliner "rides" section, and for some newer shots check out these: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=200017
Here are some of my roadster that has a packard 327 inline in it now. Was a 288 last year. mcculloch supercarger with 2 stromberg48 witch is not enough carb with the blower. but it does go real good. i will post some pics of the new engine with a aluminum head. good luck. with an inline no one will blame you for being like every one else. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=113651&referrerid=23033
Back in the 1970's , I saw an interesting engine in a econorail dragster. It was a FORD, 300-6 cyl inline with a crossflow head built out of two 302 aluminum heads welded togather. The owner cut the front cylinder off one head, the rear off another , bolted it to a 1" thick plate and T.I.G. welded them up. Cant remember exactly, but I think he said some of the head bolts worked and some were plugged and drilled. It was really different AND it was fast too.
The Hudson would be cool, I know a guy with a room full of Hudson engine parts still in their factory boxes and at least three usable engines, if you decide to go that way.
My 270 GMC powered modified. Been on here lots before but i suppose one more time will not hurt. If the weather is good tomorrow I will be getting it out to take the daughter for a ride.
This little T copped a bit of a caning when the thread first popped up, but as some people pointed out, under all the trendy **** is a neat inline 6 powered rod. I was so impressed I made it my screensaver! http://jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=177526&highlight=barris Cheers, Glen.
thanks for the new posts guys! I only saw the first 3, and then it disappeared! I've had my heart set on a pontiac 8 or a hudson... but the other day I stumbled on a 40 chev 6 sitting outside a shop(the truck got the 350-350) still got a ******,and is supposed to turn over, so I might go that way if the price is right!
the twin H hudson would be sweet, id love to put one in my es*** but they are huge, look pretty heavy too. that supercharged packard 8 is awsome.
here's one from last monday at a local show - ford six power he also has a 'gl*** 26 roadster w I think its toyota power or some such yamaguki stuff.
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