Greg Myers

Outside dimension wise, they're pretty much all the same, 265, 283, 327, 302, 350, 400.

I don't recall Studebaker having a "proving ground " anywhere near Arizona. 110 degrees in the desert.

Where do you buy your bullets ?

After reading through all of this I can see the History side of it coming through. First , rodders were lookin' to go fast and the ol' flathead just wasn't gettin' it done. ( and remember the Small Block Chevy was a ways off, 1955 and certainly not in the junk yards yet, yeah, we didn't have "Auto recycling centers" back then) so it was an ohv v8 from Cadillac, Oldsmobile, Buick, Studebaker or Chrysler ( and again that ol HEMI was big and expensive) nope, no Ford "Y" block (didn't come along till 1954, in a truck). Next up, THE Small block Chevy, 265 / 283 / 327, small, light weight, power (and power parts not just from the vendors ,but the factory too, Duntov Cams any one?) and they fit. So this just made sense. Nowa days things are different,.go ahead, put what ever you want in there, but "people are gonna hate" as the saying goes. At one of our Moonlight Modeler meetings a many years back, a member told us of his 1:1 project. He was putting a HEMI in his 1971 Challenger, I think it was a 318 cid to start with, nothing to write home about ( bellybutton car). Time went by ,as it does, and one meeting he said it was finished and did we want to come outside and see it? There in the dark he popped the hood for all of us to see the "Professionally installed" "392 1950's early HEMI" in his 1971 Challenger. Needless to say you could hear the jaws drop. Yep, you can certainlly put what ever you want in your car. By the way, that's what prompted this build, few got it.

Gosh, sounds like the ol' small block Chevy saw, it's small ,it's cheep, and there's bunches of go fast parts for it.

So how's that workin' out for you ? Got that thing on the road yet ?

Bet you'd find a bunch of 'em too

I think when hot rodders started swapping engines there were plenty of Fords to go around. Now don't get me wrong I like Fords, first car was a '31 Model A, currently driving a '97 Tbird 4.6. But I don't have a problem with anything , and I mean anything in a Ford, were talkin' Hot Rods here. Now when it comes to anything else I've just got this thing about, "Hey , what are ya doing here? Couldn't find the right engine for that thing?" 1933 Plymouth with an Olds ? NO. Now this is just my opinion. http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/33_Plymouth.html I've seen all kinds on Plymouths at shows, walking up thinking man this could have any number of MOPAR engines in it. Nooooo a Chevy ? What's going on? But the nostalgia thing tells me it's ok to put any number of different engines in a Ford.

Just stumbled across this : http://www.californiaclassix.com/hall_of_fame1.html This'll keep ya busy.

Here's some more inf on the car : http://www.californiaclassix.com/archive/69_Joe_Dirt_Daytona.html Plume Crazy it is

I'd guess it's a clone.

Speaking of winged icons :

this has been on here a few times. Boy it sure zings through the net

Ok, here's a quiz for you, you know who's on the left. Who's car is on the right ?

Kinda reminds me of this Sox and Martin car. Back in the day there were a bunch of cars run by different people that became icons in their own right. And some were even kitted :

Great, you guys read the blog. It's all there.

I don't know , doesn't it say in the blog ? http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/08/14/restoration-begins-on-big-willie-robinsons-last-charger-daytona/?refer=news

They got tired of sitting and went back to building ?

Planes and boats too, no trains.

Nothing says tradition like a flat head V8 with three two's !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dxy4n0UT82o

Something a little different for a Charger build. http://blog.hemmings.com/index.php/2013/08/14/restoration-begins-on-big-willie-robinsons-last-charger-daytona/?refer=news

You know they drive on the wrong side over there?

So Clay, where on the "Rock" are you gonna be? It's really a big place, about 60 miles long and three to ten miles wide. I was there from 1970-1973. NAF NAHA, AIMD, on the southern part of the island ("The Keystone of the Pacific") There are many things to do. So who does the "WE" entail? I'm sure the place has changed very much since we were there, I got to take my new wife along. That was quite an interesting adventure for two newly weds. I remember when I found out I was going, no one seemed to know anythig about the place. All i got was " Ah ha, NAHA!" My parents lived in Tucson AZ so we went out to the base (Davis Monthan AFB) and ask around and couldn't find anyone with any good information. But I got ya covered, just ask.