Pontiac straight eight daily driver

This marketplace featured listing is a 1967 pontiac firebird for sale in independence, ohio. A straight 8 in a 1950 pontiac streamliner note the large intake silencer leading to an oilbath air cleaner on the far side of the engine. P pontiac motor division 8 eight cylinder r year identifier i believe s standard transmission stick on the column 24337 is the sequence number. The 249 cubicinch inline flathead made 100 hp at 3700.

The engine had a remarkably low idle speed of a 450 rpm with standard transmission and 375 rpm while in drive for the automatic. Only one cluster of tears on the drivers side mars the integrity of the front seat. Introduced in the fall of 1932 for the 1933 models, it was. Welcome pontiac flathead fans sign in to follow this. Sep 19, 2016 theres also no dreaded drone that is so common with modern performance cars, especially the g8 gt. The stalwart amphibious logistics carrier has the drivers compartment over. The 248 straighteight engine that powers the pontiac stretches deep. This car is a great candidate for a daily driver or how about an icon derelict. Find great deals on ebay for pontiac straight 8 and pontiac straight eight. Forgotten flathead 1952 pontiac chieftain hemmings.

Find 1946 to 1952 pontiac cars for sale on oodle classifieds. Gm found itself a bit behind the eightball in 1964 when ford rolled out the mustang. The 1950s styling combined with 2doors and the nontraditional ford or chevrolet moniker make this a very desirable car. Your post is interesting, my pontiac has been my daily driver for 55 years this june and i have been collecting pontiac literature for all thst time. This 1952 pontiac chieftain catalina is a great looking ride. Apr, 2016 whether youre building a 350hp daily driver street engine or a 700hp bracket engine, finding a 400 or 455 is as easy as verifying a casting number and negotiating a price thats livable for both. Plus, if you use the right tools, its pretty hard to screw up a cast iron head. This vehicle has a bit of rust on the under carriage and rust along the trim. The type has been produced in sidevalve, ioe, overheadvalve, sleevevalve, and overheadcam configurations a straight eight can be timed for inherent primary and secondary balance, with no unbalanced primary or secondary.

Straight 8 buick performance products also available. Daily driver, ust drove miles between salina, s and boulder, o and back 75 all the way. The buick straighteight was an overhead valve design, while the oldsmobile straight8 and pontiac straight8 straighteights were flathead engines. Its been completely torn down and has stock bore cylinders. If it cant do that, if it gets less than 10 mpg its not practical, not streetable too costly to fool with for street driving.

I remember that dad used gulf gasoline and kendall oil. While it and pontiac became the last manufacturers of the american lhead straighteight, packards situation was mostly the. Instead of snotsicles hanging from our noses during the previous winter snodrift event, sunshine kept everyones spirits high despite the obstacles that the lack of snow presented, such as rocks the size boulders. This auction is for a gm were told pontiac straight flat 8 as shown the running condition is unknown but the motor does still turn and we have installed marvel mystery oil in it to keep it safe until it sells this came from an estate our shop helped clear with tons of 4050s cars parts that we will soon be listing, we. A souped up pontiac straight 8 engine pontiac, car engine. According to dons own caption, the olds 88 was our daily transportation and tow car. The last american straighteight engine had a life fully lived hagerty. We listened to about a million exhaust audio clips and continued to ask around on the various g8 forums online. This pretty chieftain has its original straight eight engine and shows only 60,000 original miles.

This vent is at the back of the driver side on the 248263. The seller says the straight eight engine runs well. It doesnt make monster power or perform 9 second quartermile times, but its a fun car that a young man in his early 20s is using as an effective daily driver. Twin supercharged twin turbo, this may do as a motor swap for my daily driver. This isnt the fastest trans am we have ever featured. Pontiac engines, early 1955 to 1979 pontiac v8 engine parts and engine building. There are some visual ways to determine which size the engine is, and a few to get close on the year. Pontiac street performance suggestions for a 400 daily. Jul 27, 2008 i have replaced my exhaust manifold gasket three times in the last four years and am about to do it for a fourth time, five years ago i bought a new manifold from bobs, i had it machined to match the intake and installed it with a standard gasket set i also used the 4 pilot rings, after a year it began to leak so again i replaced it this time with a copper clad gasket from bobs, year later. And it got me thinking if i would be totally insane to drive a solstice as a daily driver, in the winter no less.

It would go on to become an extremely successful american performance car as well as a pop cultural reference point from rockford to the bandit and beyond. A straighteight and automatic transmission power one, while. New, used and oem automotive parts large inventory great prices. The 320 has the crankcase vent inlet on the driver side at the front of the engine behind and below the generator mount bracket. General specifications for the 263 and 320 straight eight buick engines the following information has been directly complied from the original 1952 buick service manual. Pontiac introduced its first station wagon in 1937. Shop millions of cars from over 21,000 dealers and find the perfect car.

Block porting and relieving,custom size valves available. Its pretty much all original three on the tree straight eight. Behind the sea of shitty aveos was a pontiac solstice of all things. Cadillac, the luxury brand of general motors, stayed with their traditional v8 engines. Gm found itself a bit behind the eight ball in 1964 when ford rolled out the mustang. Timeless torpedo 1941 pontiac custom torpedo eight. The pontiac firebird remained in production for 35 years and four generations. This is hooked to a 4speed hydramatic transmission, while the car also features power steering.

A traditional v8 pontiac engine that develops up to 500 hp is probably at its limit for street use under my definition. The straighteight engine or inline eight engine is an eight cylinder internal combustion engine with all eight cylinders mounted in a straight line along the crankcase. Its 104hp, while not impressive, makes more sense in a 3,500pluspound car than the standard sixcylinders 90hp. Shiny gorgeous blue exterior, grey and blue interior.

Its all in a fun cruising machine and all for an affordable price. Pontiac straight 8 header flanges, billet and cast aluminum side covers, custom multi carb intake manifolds. No matter what youre driving, we have the right straight eight for your automobile. Hello, im looking for some feedback from some pontiac guys on a 1967 400 build that will be in my 78 grand prix daily driver. Does have some rust and does have some body filler in it but very little of both. This example, a 1947 streamliner station wagon, offers seating for eight and is powered by a 289. Sep 19, 2017 1952 pontiac chieftan eight series 27 2door sedan 4.

Dec 23, 2016 the car is a kind of grunting, straight eight meets art deco and the ghosts of hearses past. The engine still does function in decent condition. Must be a story in having so many straight eight engines. Car pontiac eight convertible coupe 1934 for sale prewarcar. Join millions of people using oodle to find unique used cars for sale, certified preowned car listings, and new car classifieds. Flat head straight eight engineruns great79k original miles. Bobs 1949 pontiac silver streak daily driver youtube. Are you nostalgic for the good old days of automotive engineering. The pontiac straight8 engine is an inline eight cylinder automobile engine produced by pontiac from 1933 to 1954. The new 208 cubic inch sixes for 1935 were just a bigger bore version of the old 200 cubic inch sixes equipped in early pontiacs. This car is a daily driver and its primary driver happens to be a female, so the idea of drone at low rpm didnt sound very appealing.

Joseph one of the hosts from the popular canadian automotive youtube channel, roads untraveled is presenting his pride and joy. Valve clearance on 50 pontiac straight eight pontiac. While plainfield pontiac rescue llc is in its infant stage i aspire to be. Pontiac street performance 600 hp is too much power for. Straighteight engine simple english wikipedia, the free. Following a death in the family, this 1952 pontiac chieftain convertible has spent many years sitting unused in a garage. One of its founders is pete woodruff, from norwalk, ohio, who we asked to guesstimate how many straighteight silver streak cars, from 1952 or otherwise, are still around. Sep 21, 2018 bobs 1949 pontiac silver streak daily driver still on the road. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times.

Here is a brief history of some of the major engines used during the first 50 years of the this is the cummings diesel 400 cu. Classics on autotrader has listings for new and used pontiac deluxe classics for sale near you. By fat n flat, january 21, 2014 in pontiac flathead owners. Builds the best stock to the highest pontiac torque monsters on the planet. Vehicle is powered by a 403 oldsmobile, 350 rocket intake edelbrock carb. Bobs 1949 pontiac silver streak daily driver duration. The straighteight engine or straight8 is an internal combustion engine with 8 cylinders. The owner has decided that the time has come for the car to find a new home, so has listed it for sale here on ebay. The 1999 pontiac trans am a daily driver muscle car. Mar 23, 2020 this marketplace featured listing is a 1967 pontiac firebird for sale in independence, ohio. It isnt clear what sort of condition the drivetrain is in, but hopefully, that wonderful engine isnt locked. Cachet aside, woodbodied station wagons required constant maintenance, including recoating the varnish. Informal stateliness 1948 pontiac streamliner hemmings. Those that love firebirds can quibble over which generation is the best, but theres no discussion over which model year was the first and set the tempo.

I am a 22 year old who is looking for a car on autotrader. We have a constant changing inventory being sold through our ebay store. In 1930, packard took a big step outside of its comfort zone when it introduced the sporty, driver focused 734 speedster series. Hot rod project 32 pontiac straight eight frame, engine 327 packard. This 1951 pontiac chirftain is a no rust, arizona car. Chevrolet, as an entrylevel marque, did not have a straighteight. I would expect pontiac straight eight heads arent made of unobtainium, so if you did screw up, another head wouldnt be too tough to find.

The pontiac straight8 engine is an inline eightcylinder automobile engine produced by. Body is clean, undercarriage not only is rust freelooks to be original, clean and rust free. See if you can get a line on another head and go for it. We specialize in salvaging pre 1975 car and truck parts from being sent to scrap and gone forever.

This engine produced far more power than the other engines that were popular during that era, and found favor with hotrodders and. The oil filter was a canister type that some cleaned as it was made of a metal mesh. Welcome pontiac flathead fans pontiac flathead owners. Enjoy your pontiac hobby at the only 247 pontiac club that brings you pontiac news, pontiac information, and pontiac entertainment at the speed of light. The straighteight engine or inlineeight engine is an eightcylinder internal combustion engine. After two years of nothing but eight cylinder automobiles, pontiac reinstated new larger six cylinder engines for 1935 and 1936. Surprisingly it made only four fewer horsepower than the straight eight. Star chiefs got 127 hp 95 kw and 234 lbft 316 nm thanks to a higher compression ratio. The daily driver is dead, long live the new daily driver. Both could also be ordered with either a 239cid sixcylinder lhead engine that made 90 hp, or a 248cid straighteight mill that developed 104 hp.

Like more than 90 percent of the cars that pontiac built in 1952, this one is powered by a straighteight, a physically large engine that displaced 268. Mccourt from the june 2017 issue of hemmings classic car. Vehicle is on consignment and at our clients home please call. Here are 25 firebird facts every enthusiast should know. Pontiac is in great condition and completely drivable, this is a daily driver. The hagerty classic car valuation tool is designed to help you learn how to value your 1947 pontiac streamliner and assess the current state of the classic car market.

Pontiac 53, silver eagle is the nickname given to the pontiac flat eight by the pontiac motor division engineers. This 1967 pontiac gto is the ultimate daily driver motortrend. Cruising around the neighborhood in my 1950 pontiac silverstreak with the straight 8 engine and automatic transmission. One so equipped was tested by car and driver magazine, who proclaimed it the last of the fast cars. Dave was a copartner with famed ace mechanic demetri kokkoris, the team originally known as superjet specialties of queens, ny. Sep 04, 2017 a quick look at my 1947 buick roadmaster it has a new owner now so wanted to show it off before it leaves for her new home first time being started in 50 years, i bought it from the original owner. Pontiac straight eight crank without head on youtube. It also has the optional hurst fourspeed transmission.

To be sure, this was a nice driving car and i had a lot of fun with this car. After all, you get eyecatching features like the pastel paint and straighteight engine. Dons daily driver was a clean olds 88 and theres a nice shot of his wife claire in his book hot rod memories. In a 1954 pontiac chieftain, the eight made 122 hp 91 kw and 222 lbft 300 nm of torque. Shes standing on the front bumper possibly watching don set a record at paradise mesa at 100. Aug 21, 2017 8 of our favorite rally cars from the 2017 summer snodrift.

The 734 7thseries, 4 wheelbase was based on a new, shortened and strengthened chassis that was designed exclusively for this sporting new model. I have driven the car for short distances and it does run drive and stop good. Also happens to be the model name of the 50 sitting in my garage. Its got a square bore intake manifold and gto pn exhaust manifolds. Pontiac deluxe classics for sale classics on autotrader. All original pontiac chieftain 8 custom catalina brought to y. This 1952 pontiac chieftain is affordable fun in the kind of vintage car thats disappearing from the classic car scene. Picking a pontiac 400 or 455 block for performance use hot rod. I have a 1947 pontiac with custom paint and other goodies for sale or trade. Joseph solch vividly remembers the first time he hopped into the drivers seat of his 1967 pontiac gto. The pontiac straight8 engine is an inline eightcylinder automobile engine produced by pontiac from 1933 to 1954.

Owner bruce fulper can answer any question for you. It can be powered by different types of fuels, including gasoline and diesel a straight8 can be designed with balanced engine forces. Hundreds of hours on a frame but no time to finish the project lots of extra parts. Two models were built, the streamliner and chieftain, and both rode on a 120inch wheelbase. It should also be capable of being driven as a daily driver. We offer a plethora of straight eight for your vehicle needs. Mar 22, 2019 the pontiac firebird remained in production for 35 years and four generations. One of its founders is pete woodruff, from norwalk, ohio, who we asked to guesstimate how many straight eight silver streak cars, from 1952 or otherwise, are still around. According to conceptcarz, there were only 5,157 grand prix. The big pontiac association, poci, actually has an early times chapter. Atlanta, michigans summer snodrift stage rally in early august was the most actionpacked oxymoron of the year. Youll find that the cowl or body tag is much more handy for finding out what you have.

Superjet rebuilt and blueprinted musclecar engines, specializing in modification and custom tuning of rochester quadrajet carburetors. All eight cylinders are mounted in a straight line along one crankshaft. It may well feel like a land yaught to drive but surely aint no bus. Timeless torpedo 1941 pontiac custom torpedo eight unrestored and driven regularly, this stylish 1941 pontiac custom torpedo eight is one of the rarest prewar gm cbody cars extant by mark j.