I think there is something you guys are forgetting! [:0]
If you build a true VINTAGE ROD, it is supposed to be a re-creation of something that COULD have happened in the day! [^]
The biggest days for those early rods (model A, T bucket) of course were the late forties, early fifties. And what ENGINES could you get if you wanted a cool looking V-8 with more power than a flathead Ford?
Cadillac
Olds or ...Ta Da!
a Studebaker![^]
So around 1952 or '53 you had three choices, so why NOT pick the most unusual one? You really did not need over 300 cubes with a very light car AND they were plentiful in wrecking yards for cheap!
StudeRich at Studebakers Northwest -Ferndale,WA
If you build a true VINTAGE ROD, it is supposed to be a re-creation of something that COULD have happened in the day! [^]
The biggest days for those early rods (model A, T bucket) of course were the late forties, early fifties. And what ENGINES could you get if you wanted a cool looking V-8 with more power than a flathead Ford?
Cadillac
Olds or ...Ta Da!
a Studebaker![^]
So around 1952 or '53 you had three choices, so why NOT pick the most unusual one? You really did not need over 300 cubes with a very light car AND they were plentiful in wrecking yards for cheap!
StudeRich at Studebakers Northwest -Ferndale,WA
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