What's your Favorite Vintage Hot Rod engine

364, 401,425 Buicks. All kinds of torque and look neat.

 

I'll 2nd that motion

 

I like the look of the Chrysler poly head motors. My model A runs a flathead V8 and I have a 392 Hemi and adapter to swap in when complete.

Cliff Ramsdell

 

Early Hemi
Buick Nailhead
Ford Flathead

 

FE for me, I guess that's why I have 10 427's
Nothing matches that big booming sound of a good 427 with a lotta squeeze and a lotta stick, just a loud, obnoxious shagnasty dinosaur bastage- and then that howl when it comes on the cam Doesn't hurt to have a certified racing pedigree, having won on most every kind of race track, over many years- there was even a sprint car up at Calistoga with an Algon-injected High Riser- should heard that thing come off Turn 4 in the days before mufflers- in fact, I still have the headers off that car. And so many ways to look good, chrome baldies to pentroofs, 6V, 8V, Dominator, Webers, injectors. But just start it up and watch the Chebbie guys faces

 

Bump! ^^^

 

I gotta go Dodge Flathead with dual carters. Old School

 

Ford Y-Blocks.. If the engineers would've just given a little more room for this thing to grow it would've taken over the world.. Instead the lessons learned from it gave rise to the FE, which is my nest motor of choice.. Then would have to be a big Buick Nailhead.. Then a Caddy 390.. That's just me though..

 

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A sbf is and always will be my favorite.

 

Got to have Carter Carbies on your car.

 

1958 354 hemi

 

8ba Flatty,maybe a old Nailhead (maybe)

 

Packard flat 12

 

#1- 364 Nailhead, #2- Flathead V8, #3- Y block, #4- Olds Rocket.

 

Holy shit that thing is sexy!!!

 

sbc, olds 303, caddy, nailhead,and y-blocks always love the look of a y-block chevy 6,s and flatheads

 

My personal favorites:
392 hemi in the '51

and 401 nailhead in a '29 roadster

 

My absolute favorite: 1954 Chrysler 331 Hemi.
Why? Because it doesn't have the water outlets in the front of the heads and has a wonderful vintage look about it.
The next three are 426 hemi, Ford SOHC 427 and Ford Boss 429.

 

I still follow the grand look of a polished flathead with chrome acorn nuts all lined in a row on those finned aluminum heads and multiple carbs with vintage accesories!

 

hemi

 

Got two Olds Rocket powered rods so I guess I'll say Olds but would love to have a
427 Ford SOHC motor.

 

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392 Hemi of course!

 

Me likes.
I have one of those in my 48 DeSoto, except with 2 fours. I'll trade you

Jack

 

I likes them all!...
But here's a few more FE pics....

 

The '40 has a built 302---World Windsor Jr heads, roller rockers, Comp Cams cam, 650 Holley, headers, HEI---but the next option was a 427 Ford. I suspected the fuel mileage on the SOHC would have been a disaster but I'd still like to have it.

 

This is a sweet combo, wish I owned it!!

 

Any motor cadddy 500 its a 500 nuf said flatty 180 crank offy heads edel. Intake 3 stromburgs. Or anything that became the 4.0 jeep 6/amc258 (say str8-6 stroker)

 

If you can afford to put a SOHC together, fuel mileage is not a concern.