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This is the Ansen Special I've been looking for: [IMG] Packard V8 powered, it ran the first quarter-mile over 150 MPH. jack vines
And some of us would say if one wants the baddest 352" on the planet, he'd build a '56 Packard V8 ;>) jack vines
Great eye candy! But the shitz for street use and economy. FWIW, for fairgrounds cruising, it's not necessary to have more than two of the eight...
Unusual for one to flatten a cam lobe late into its life, but it happens. jack vines
Well, HAMB is the place to ask, because in sixty-five years of hot rods the number of tall deck DeSoto hemis I've seen running street hydraulic...
Odd, as all Avanti were originally equipped with the Carter AFB. jack vines
When the WCFB is right, it's the perfect carb for your Stude; as mentioned they're rebuildable. The current 600 CFM Edelbrocks have a dual bolt...
There are some Hamburger-appropriate age Saabs; I owned and drove them for more than forty years. Only sold my last one a year ago. Always...
Will work fine; the 180-degree wrap means the AC belt won't slip. The only limitation is do you have enough wrap on the crank to water pump...
A high school friend was for forty years a petroleum engineer at Chevron. Want to make him attack you physically? Just try putting Liqui Moly,...
Up through the early '50s, roads were narrow, rough and still many unpaved; thus, frame flex was seen as a good thing and was designed in. The...
But then there's the old fat guy factor. I grew up driving an A-bone. Fast forward fifty years and I don't fit any more. If I were building a...
That intake and exhaust porting is as good as any flathead four I've ever seen and miles/years better than anything Ford ever gave us. (Of...
FrozenMerc, you have our admiration and respect, sir! Only those who've tried to have custom aluminum castings produced have any idea of the...
No worries on most early 327"s. jack vines
FWIW, I have an Allen machine and unfortunately discovered a weak point; the vacuum gauge is a sealed unit probably with a rubber diaphragm...
Yes, this is a twenty-year-old thread about an old engine. Yes, many parts are available for StudeV8s, but not 232" pistons. The good news is...
Back in the '50s, any V8 pickup was rare and fast. Today, a 283", not so much. We build obsolete engines, but the reality is, when a 283" costs...
Man-A-Fre all the way. [IMG] jack vines
We get you, John. And yes, that the Offy and Hildebrandt adapters exist is proof using the Packard tranny behind the flathead Ford was a thing....
For true. You wanted a simple answer to a bench racing question and getting the book thrown at you. Agree, everyone should go to Bonnevile once....
They can charge whatever, because there's no competition. I'd give you the world's best A/T guy, but he's backed up a year and trying to retire....
Well, we'll give you "odd" for the '61 Rambler American convertible. [IMG] jack vines
FWIW, I'm a third-generation Studebaker truck guy; been driving them for almost seventy years Yes, for '49-'55. No, the '56-'64 1/2-tons could be...
There was one really good 352" FE; the '60 360hp. The Starliner with the 3-speed overdrive, out in our country road, would run rings around any...
There are many photos and blueprints of the Curtiss Conqueror in the Ab Jenkins and the Mormon Meteor book. [IMG] jack vines
Learn something every day. When those trucks were still working, it became rare to find one with the flathead. They were a short lived engine...
In Sarasota, FL, in the mid-1950s our family was vacationing there and in the motel was an American Hammered sales rep. He gave me several full...
Gals love a man who does it the hard way! Old school fer sure. [IMG] Back when, the original Swamp Rat, Big Daddy said the happiest day of his...
The 1956 Hudson Hornet 4-dr sedan with three-tone paint and gold trim was among the ugliest cars ever built. Comfortable reclining leather seats,...
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