Antique & Classic Cars Blog

Last Thursday my friend Tom heard of an auction down near Northfield with four ‘62 Buicks. This is one of the cars that contained the 215 cubic inch aluminum V8, which ended up in my TR6 and many other projects, including an Indy 500 car driven by Dan Gurney, plus dune buggies, airplanes, boats, you name it. Carroll Shelby considered it for the Cobra…
The real holy grail for that motor is a four-speed transmission. I’ve never seen one but once in a while the bellhousing for them turns up on eBay. I even had one but I sold it in a moment of stupidity. Hoped there was one down in Northfield but no. I’ll get one though. Watch these pages….

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