How about this Olds?

Oldsguy · September 18th, 2008, 07:40 AM

Here is the auction. Take out a second on the house and she's yours!

Here are a few pics of the engine.

citcapp · September 18th, 2008, 07:51 AM

Now thats what I call Olds Art. Make a Corvett Blue Flame look like a joke

Oldsguy · September 19th, 2008, 05:54 AM

So nobody has an opinion about this? Interesting. I thought it was really cool, engine and car both.

Jamesbo · September 19th, 2008, 06:28 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oldsguy

Here is the auction. Take out a second on the house and she's yours!

Here are a few pics of the engine.

Looks to me like an Austin Healey 100 series with two gas tanks, the battery moved from the trunk to under the modified "bonnet"

I would think it would understeer like crazy.

Having owned a Squeely Healy in my youth the statement that 'it even has a heater" seems odd to me. You don't need one because your feet are next to the engine and they are hot as Hades all year long.

I still don't understand how the British own the Battle of Britian flying Spitfires with Lucas electric systems.

I think I'll pass and hold out for a 69 W-30 convertible

easytobedead · September 19th, 2008, 01:03 PM

looks hot! wooot wooot .......any 1 know anything thing bout a oldmeno?

hamm36 · September 19th, 2008, 10:33 PM

that is a nice looking tie wrap holding the wires together.
is that a 307, or what?

Oldsguy · September 20th, 2008, 09:33 AM

No it isn't a newer V8, probably an older fifties vintage engine. Look at the oil fill tube, it is at an angle and the thermostat housing doesn't have the bypass like the modern V8s do. Also, it is very hard or next to impossible to get a three carburetor manifold for a newer V8.
Edit: and the generator too, although any newer engine could have been set up with one. I have even seen people dress up the exterior of an alternator to appear like a generator.

citcapp · September 21st, 2008, 07:59 AM

I was a a car show two weekends ago and got to talking to a guy with a build 32 ford with a flathead. He had an after market alternater that single wire alternater that looked just like a generator complete with a phoney second wire all hooked up thru a fake voltage regulator. Looked really cool. Darn didn't think to ask about the manufacture or where he purchased the kit.

September 19th, 2008, 05:54 AM	#3 (permalink)
Oldsguy Hot Rodder at heart Administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lees Summit MO Posts: 5,315	So nobody has an opinion about this? Interesting. I thought it was really cool, engine and car both. __________________ Dan '77 Cutlass Supreme '46 2 door "The rocket 455.....it's a sledgehammer approach to a thumbtack world" LuxBlue of HAMB.

September 19th, 2008, 01:03 PM	#5 (permalink)
easytobedead Just A BaBy {: Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: hobart,IN Posts: 261	looks hot! wooot wooot .......any 1 know anything thing bout a oldmeno? __________________ +1984 HURST/OLDS

September 20th, 2008, 09:33 AM	#7 (permalink)
Oldsguy Hot Rodder at heart Administrator Join Date: May 2004 Location: Lees Summit MO Posts: 5,315	No it isn't a newer V8, probably an older fifties vintage engine. Look at the oil fill tube, it is at an angle and the thermostat housing doesn't have the bypass like the modern V8s do. Also, it is very hard or next to impossible to get a three carburetor manifold for a newer V8. Edit: and the generator too, although any newer engine could have been set up with one. I have even seen people dress up the exterior of an alternator to appear like a generator. __________________ Dan '77 Cutlass Supreme '46 2 door "The rocket 455.....it's a sledgehammer approach to a thumbtack world" LuxBlue of HAMB.

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September 18th, 2008, 07:51 AM	#2 (permalink)
citcapp Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 3,323	Now thats what I call Olds Art. Make a Corvett Blue Flame look like a joke

September 19th, 2008, 10:33 PM	#6 (permalink)
hamm36 Registered User Join Date: May 2008 Location: Dallas Posts: 338	that is a nice looking tie wrap holding the wires together. is that a 307, or what?

September 21st, 2008, 07:59 AM	#8 (permalink)
citcapp Super Moderator Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Bothell, WA Posts: 3,323	I was a a car show two weekends ago and got to talking to a guy with a build 32 ford with a flathead. He had an after market alternater that single wire alternater that looked just like a generator complete with a phoney second wire all hooked up thru a fake voltage regulator. Looked really cool. Darn didn't think to ask about the manufacture or where he purchased the kit.