The weather was a little cold, but dry for once. Here's a few....
First up, the car with more miles than any other. :burnout:
88 Lsc...
Yay!
Yipee!
:shakeass:
:birdsmily:
I have a new favorite picture of my Cougar
Sweet!!!
:cougarsmily:
Great pics to go with the pretty weather there too. :cool:
Nice pics I have to agree the cougar is the nicest car there but im partial I have a black cat too... Maserati isnt bad either.
great pics
Wow a Mark VII with redlines, I don't think I've ever seen that before. :hick:
Looks like the new bullitts are already making their way to cruise ins.
Nice pic of your Coug!
Clean TC there as well.
Love the redlines on the LSC!!
When are you going to drop that nose though? :hick:
No rush....The pavement slopes down a little there....Besides she launches good!
The right front always sat high though...and the car is staight as far as the frame is concerned.....No broken springs either....
ok,, thread from the dead but i have to ask.
There is one pic in here with a flat head v8 and i just have to know,,,, do the two middle cylinders share an exhaust path. the header only had three tubes and i was just now discussing this with my son.
Yep that's how they set those things up! It does look funny, raised my eyebrows first time I saw one.
anyone know why flatheads went by the wayside?
Yes. The '49 Cadillac OHV V8.
That and the '55 Chevy 265 small block. The flat head was
the engine to hot rod until the small block Chevy came out.
That and Buick had been doing OHV since from the get-go in 1903. I do wonder why they had OHV and Cadillac kept with flatheads even though Cadillac was above Buick on the totem pole!
The Caddy engine had large displacement and rather free flowing heads for the era. Even in 331CI trim (they grew up to 390 later)there was more displacement than the Flathead could muster and you could go much higher in compression ratio without the inherent issues built into the flathead design. Buick did have OHV, but NOT in V8 form until 1953. Before that they were Straight-8.
An interesting side note on the early Caddy motors ('49-62)
The valve retainers and seals are a one piece design made of brass.
+1
Even though Ford went OHV in '54, they did it because they knew Chevy was working on the 265. They had to do something. Think about it though, the Ford Flathead was king from 1932 to 1953. Not to start anything, but how many other engines have been king of the streets for 21 straight years? Pretty cool stuff.
Yeah the new Nailhead was in everything but the Special in '53. And then the inline 8 before that and a straight six before '31 etc etc. Im just sayin' that the technology was there. Of course, duesy's had overhead CAMS in the '30s!!!