Here's an article from 1959 on putting an Old's motor in your Stude . Back when I was in my early 20's I worked in a yard that had 1 53 studie all stripped out with the roof cut off it had a Caddy Eldorado v-8 in it with the dual 4 barrels and it had sat for a long time . I finally decided one day to see if it would start and run. the throttle had one position wide open. after a Hugh amount of tire smoke and scaring the holy h*ll out of myself I parked it and never ran it again.
There were two or three Olds with the V-8's in them just sitting out in the weather one with tri-power "but" I owned a 56 Chevy with a 327 at the time so heavy iron like that didn't mean anything to me ,just think if I'd of kept some of that stuff tell today $$$$$$$$.
We also got in a 57 Olds convertible one day and it ran and I took it for a spin ,no body told me the motor mounts were broke with the gas pedal stuck to the floor I came to the back of the yard and the end of the road real quick I cranked the steering wheel and spun it out and say the drivers door a signal oil truck go pass my face 3 times before the engine dropped down and died.
I never cared much for the big boat J-2's and stuff but I gained a lot more respect for them after that, CAN YOU IMAGINE a 53 Studie Champion coupe with a Olds J-2 in it . "WOW" ,
There were two or three Olds with the V-8's in them just sitting out in the weather one with tri-power "but" I owned a 56 Chevy with a 327 at the time so heavy iron like that didn't mean anything to me ,just think if I'd of kept some of that stuff tell today $$$$$$$$.
We also got in a 57 Olds convertible one day and it ran and I took it for a spin ,no body told me the motor mounts were broke with the gas pedal stuck to the floor I came to the back of the yard and the end of the road real quick I cranked the steering wheel and spun it out and say the drivers door a signal oil truck go pass my face 3 times before the engine dropped down and died.
I never cared much for the big boat J-2's and stuff but I gained a lot more respect for them after that, CAN YOU IMAGINE a 53 Studie Champion coupe with a Olds J-2 in it . "WOW" ,
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