Bought my Fourth car yesterday! 1947 Oldsmobile series 76 fastback

[dishdude]

Pretty cool! Glad you were able to save it from a hotrodder, they're just as bad as the people turning console TVs into a dog beds.

[Electronic M]

Originally Posted by dishdude

Pretty cool! Glad you were able to save it from a hotrodder, they're just as bad as the people turning console TVs into a dog beds.

Thanks, though putting in a bigger engine is plan C...Plan A is make the original engine in it work, plan B get another 40's olds straight 6 (I think I know where I can get one). Plan C comes into effect if A and B fail/cost too much or if after driving the I6 I find it to be under powered for the rural highway and interstate driving I mostly do.

I know where a much rougher 47 Caddilac with flat head V8 motor with hydramatic that turns over is...that would be a period correct way to hop it up if the original engine is not up to the job...I wouldn't even have to change the column shifter since my olds is already factory Hydramatic.

[dieseljeep]

Originally Posted by Electronic M

Thanks, though putting in a bigger engine is plan C...Plan A is make the original engine in it work, plan B get another 40's olds straight 6 (I think I know where I can get one). Plan C comes into effect if A and B fail/cost too much or if after driving the I6 I find it to be under powered for the rural highway and interstate driving I mostly do.

I know where a much rougher 47 Caddilac with flat head V8 motor with hydramatic that turns over is...that would be a period correct way to hop it up if the original engine is not up to the job...I wouldn't even have to change the column shifter since my olds is already factory Hydramatic.

My uncle had a 1940 Olds that had a Hydramatic, AFAIK the first model to have it! Sometime during the war, the transmission failed. Parts were unavailable because of the war effort, so the dealer had to change the steering column and install a clutch and manual transmission, probably out of a salvage car. Needless to say, he wasn't very happy!