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Technical The Ultimate Hot Rod: Article

Discussion in 'The Hokey Ass Message Board' started by Speed Gems, Jul 16, 2025.

  1. Speed Gems
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    Last night I was on YouTube and came across this video about a guy who wanted to buy a '55 or'57 Chevy for his collage ride, his brother told him to buy a '53 Studebaker because he knew of where one was and also had a hot rod magazine article about how to put a 327 Chevy in it. Curiosity has gotten the better of me and now I'm wondering if anyone remembers such an article and what year/month it was. The article was titled "the Ultimate Hot Rod". Since I have a rather extensive collection, I may have it already. I'm thinking it would probably be a Car Craft little pages because they did a lot of engine swap articles back in the day. Here's the video.
     
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  2. Speed Gems
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    In the video Homer says he bought the car in '65 and 327's went into production in '62 so that gives us a 3 year window to look for. I don't know off the top of my head what year Car Craft went to large format magazines, but so far, I've found an article on putting a Buick Nailhead in a Studebaker and one on swapping in a Cadillac but no sbc.
     
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  3. Jalopy Joker
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    Cool combination. of course, a Bonneville style chop is the cherry on the build
     
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  4. SR100
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    I don’t have much of a magazine collection and I lost most of it in a basement flood. So I decided to troll my way through @Duece666’s 99SpeedShop magazine cover website. The closest I could find was the October 1962 issue of Speed Mechanics. It is an engine swap issue and has an article: ‘The Ultimate Street Rod’.
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    Does anyone have a copy to check?
     
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  5. Bluestreak-PA
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    Not what you are looking for but here are the How to Swap the Most Popular V8 and The Ultimate Street Rod articles in October 1962 issue of Speed Mechanics:

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  6. 34Phil
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    not a problem with Corvair power, but GM had center frame in early '60's and twisted bad on launch
     
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  7. Bdamfino
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    from Hamlet, NC

    Harry Bradley's "dream rod" surely favors the "Dollar A Pound" Henning and Rich car!!! I didn't watch the video, but the first Stude that came to mind was Andy Herbert's? It was featured in the Petersen book "How to Build a Street Machine" and later in the nineties in a Hot Rod issue ('97-'99?)...
     
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  8. SR100
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