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220 messages, Last post on May 31, 2009 at 5:49 PM
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Replying to: fintail (Nov 26, 2008 6:49 pm) |
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Replying to: pvtbailey (Apr 20, 2009 6:39 am) If you mean putting an engine from another make in there, well you can put just about anything into any car if you are willing to deal with all the modifications. I think repairing your engine, or finding a used block and rebuilding that, would be far cheaper than fitting an engine and transmission from another type of car. Now if your plan is to make a street rod out of it, then the sky's the limit. You can get a Chevy crate engine, TH400 transmission, fancy floor shifter and all the rest that goes with it, but you're talking some serious money to build a street rod out of a car that few people build street rods out of. If the car is a 4D sedan, no harm in modifying it or installing another engine, but if it's a 2D HT or convertible, I wouldn't personally want to see anything but a Buick engine in there.
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Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Apr 20, 2009 6:52 am) Didn't B-O-P engines at least use the same bolt pattern for the transmission? I'm pretty sure they did in later years, but maybe not in 1954. Of course, even if another engine lines up to the transmission, you still have to deal with everything else that connects to the engine.
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Replying to: andre1969 (Apr 20, 2009 8:25 am) |
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Unlike in the latter '60s and after, when the GMs brands shared various transmissions, only Buick used Dynaflow in the late '40s and '50s. The only exception I know of is the short period after the big fire at the Hydramatic factory, when, as I recall, some Pontiacs were equipped with Powerglide and some Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs used Dynaflow.
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Replying to: hpmctorque (Apr 20, 2009 12:08 pm) Back in the 1950's though, car bodies sat on top of the frame like a truck, rather than between the frame rails, so maybe there's more room underneath, to accommodate a wider variety of transmissions? |
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Replying to: pvtbailey (Apr 20, 2009 6:39 am) |
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I am looking to buy a 1966 thunderbird, would like a rag top, but will end up most likely with a landau. My question is, if i can not find color and options i would like to have, would it harm the resale value down the road if were to change the exterior color or interior as long as my choice was offered by ford on that car in that year? And what about adding options that the car dose not have,but were offered?
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Replying to: tbird8 (May 26, 2009 11:27 pm) The color change might turn off the occasional purist but these people never buy anything anyway.  As an appraiser, I don't deduct value on a later T-Bird for a color change, as long as it is a bare metal respray. If you have a blue car with a red interior trunk lid and door jambs, well then, another story.... On a '57 Bird with an E code, yeah, I might deduct value, as these are far more rare and valuable cars. And if you can add factory AC, all the better for value. |
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Replying to: tbird8 (May 26, 2009 11:27 pm)
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