Willowbilly3
A *real* tin magnet
I thought it would be interesting to see whose running V8s from the 50s.
Older V8s
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HOT40ROD
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I'm not running one right now. But I have a running 1955 Dodge 270 Hemi setting in the corner.
Willowbilly3
A *real* tin magnet
Me either but I have a 55 Dodge pickup with the 270 Poly and also I have dealt for a 324 Olds I have to pull from an old AD pickup.
I guess you can put the Hemi top end on the 270 Poly. I messed with quite a few of the Olds engines when I was a kid, 303, 324 and 371.
I guess you can put the Hemi top end on the 270 Poly. I messed with quite a few of the Olds engines when I was a kid, 303, 324 and 371.
dmw56
Busted and Rusted on Route 66
None from the 50's, but I'm running one from the 40's.
Gastrick
One of the Dirty Dozen!
1957 Chrysler 392.
CB_Chief
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1958 Apache - 283ci bored 40 over. Forgot earlier, I have a '50 Ford 239ci flathead going in my .27 T coupe.
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HOT40ROD
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I forgot. I have a 1858 Rambler flathead 6
bob w
Still crazy after all these years!
I use a lot of small block Chevys. They've been around since 1955.
dmw56
Busted and Rusted on Route 66
mopar4life
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52 331 hemi
zzrodder
It ain't grey hair, it's chrome!
I wish I did, got a 49 Packard straight 8 on the shelf waiting for it's place in a future project. I'd really love to get my meathooks on a Packard 352 or 374 V8 someday.......now that would be unusual. The great thing is that there is so much stuff available nowadays from places like Egge Machine. The first engine swap I did was a 56 Olds 324 into my 55 Chev pickup in 1973 - the engine was only 17 years old then and I couldn't get any parts at all from GM or aftermarket, now there are even aluminum heads being made for those early Olds engines - these are the good old days !!!!!!!
Willowbilly3
A *real* tin magnet
A Packard 352 would be cool. I think Studebaker used them for a year or so too. When I was a kid there was an ancient doctor in town who had a 57 Packard 2 door hardtop with a supercharged V8.
HOT40ROD
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those were the Delorian of that era..
Yea, Its getting pretty hard to wooden piston and cam shaft for this engine.
Ok someone moved the keys on my key board.
buckeyedon
"Perpetually Greasy"
1956 265 chevy on the shelf waiting for my next project.
PhilJohnson
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I had a 54 Packard Clipper with a 288 streight eight Wasn't particularly fast but it definately had a unique sound.
Wasn't particularly fast but it definately had a unique sound.
Mr.Gussett
Yep... he can do it!
1958
I have a 58 sbc 283 sitting to be used for something again someday.I had it in a Samurai back in 1995-2000.It is bored .030 with flat tops and roller rockers.
AND I have a 1958 E475 which is 410 cid running in my 58 Edsel
