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loosecannon39 · 07-22-2007, 11:53 PM

Hi folks;
It's a FNG with a question and a request. I have been told that the early 50's GMC's used a combination of a nailhead buick eng/ early GM 4 spl hydro in some of their models. Yes--No?????. If true, could someone steer me to a source for a rebuildable eng/trans for this application. I live on the Texas coast near Louisiana, but could travel some for the right deal.
email------loosecannon39@yahoo.com-----. Any comments or suggestions appreciated.
TKS
DAN

dwcsr · 07-23-2007, 12:09 AM

I have not heard of a nail head being in the GMC but they did put a pontiac in them as far as the trans try www.craigslist.com. and www.stovebolt.com.

loosecannon39 · 07-23-2007, 01:54 PM

Thanks for the info. I am retired now, but many years ago, I had a friend in the salvage yard business who had a shop truck with a Pontiac/GM Hydro combo, and I thought, at the time, that it was a swap he had done, as swapping in that era was the primary hot rodding trick. Aftermarket parts and components for hotrods were not as common as they are today. The info about the nail head was on another web site (Buick), and several of the people there were pretty sure about the combo, but no one seemed to have encountered one themselves.
DAN

dwcsr · 07-23-2007, 06:04 PM

In the 80's buick and GM had swapped engines due to a strike. But to the best of my knowledge Pontiac has alwas been the engine for early GMC's until they went to the chevy small block and produced them on the same base chassis/body combo. Buick may have been in for a few years but I've not seen that or heard that.

07-22-2007, 11:53 PM	#1
loosecannon39 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: texas gulf coast near La. Posts: 6	Early GMC power train Hi folks; It's a FNG with a question and a request. I have been told that the early 50's GMC's used a combination of a nailhead buick eng/ early GM 4 spl hydro in some of their models. Yes--No?????. If true, could someone steer me to a source for a rebuildable eng/trans for this application. I live on the Texas coast near Louisiana, but could travel some for the right deal. email------loosecannon39@yahoo.com-----. Any comments or suggestions appreciated. TKS DAN

07-23-2007, 12:09 AM	#2
dwcsr Hollister Road Co. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 6,131	Re: Early GMC power train I have not heard of a nail head being in the GMC but they did put a pontiac in them as far as the trans try www.craigslist.com. and www.stovebolt.com.

07-23-2007, 01:54 PM	#3
loosecannon39 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: texas gulf coast near La. Posts: 6	Re: Early GMC power train Thanks for the info. I am retired now, but many years ago, I had a friend in the salvage yard business who had a shop truck with a Pontiac/GM Hydro combo, and I thought, at the time, that it was a swap he had done, as swapping in that era was the primary hot rodding trick. Aftermarket parts and components for hotrods were not as common as they are today. The info about the nail head was on another web site (Buick), and several of the people there were pretty sure about the combo, but no one seemed to have encountered one themselves. DAN

07-23-2007, 06:04 PM	#4
dwcsr Hollister Road Co. Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Houston Posts: 6,131	Re: Early GMC power train In the 80's buick and GM had swapped engines due to a strike. But to the best of my knowledge Pontiac has alwas been the engine for early GMC's until they went to the chevy small block and produced them on the same base chassis/body combo. Buick may have been in for a few years but I've not seen that or heard that.



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