1959 Buick 322 nailhead with a blower and 3 deuces

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  1. 68 Wildcat

    68 Wildcat Dash Riprock

    Just the engine..

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    It's a 322 from a 59 truck originally (looking at the numbers) but I got it from an antique wood boat that had just over 500hrs on the meter. Had dished pistons, clean cylinders with no rust or ridge so we left the bottom end as found. Specs on the 59 truck engine said 8.5:1 compression ratio...was standard bore too. The blower manifold is all but impossible to find. Geardrive blower intake. Blower is fresh from Mad Dog blowers in soCal. along with a snout and adapter, new water pump, heads were rebuilt hardened seats and new valves, springs etc installed at Parry Automotive in Orillia (no crack repairs needed), also had a custom pilot bearing adapter made to fit the original flywheel that was also turned and drilled for a gm set up, new clutch/pressure plate and bearing, adapter housing, a fabbed spacer, super t10, Hurst shifter, hurst mounts, new ignition from points to plugs, carbs were rebuilt, new 3x2 adapter, mini hi torque starter, alternator and bracket not included but everything else pictured is. A real blower pulley set up needs to be acquired or refined.... I have about 10k tied up in the motor and trans.( stopped counting.LoL). Hasn't been fired yet or broken in. May sell without trans and clutch assembly. Looking to free up some shop space and cash for another project. Make an offer or trades. Nothing new unless its really cool. Located in Huntsville
     
  2. Houmark

    Houmark Well-Known Member

    Looks small.. :confused:
     
  3. WQ59B

    WQ59B Well-Known Member

    Last year for the 322 was '56.
    And what 'original '59 truck'?
     
  4. gsjohnny1

    gsjohnny1 Well-Known Member

    4-71 blower. '59 chevy and gmc trucks had buick and pontiac(?)
     
  5. Found this on the gm truck forum

    Yes, Chevy did use a modified version of the Buick 322 'Nailhead' in heavy duty commercial trucks in 1956-57. In 1958, the 322 was replaced with athe truck 348, but for some reason large school bus chassis continued to use the 322 until 1959. I knew a guy that had a '56 10000 series Chevy tandem axle truck, and it had a 322 in it. The GMC V-6 was not related to the 348 and 409 V-8's. It was a GMC designed engine, and was only used by GMC, except for a very few heavy duty commercial trucks built by GMC for Chevrolet. They do look a bit like an early Chevy Big Block, but the V-6's were a 60 degree design, and were much heavier than the Chevys. The V-6's were built in 305, 351, 379, 401, 432, and 478 sizes, along with a 637 V-8 (478 V-6 + 2 cylinders) and a 702 V-12 (basically a pair of 351 V-6's). The 351, 478, and 637 were also made as deisels, too. For more information on the GMC V-6, check this site out:
     
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  6. breakinbuick11

    breakinbuick11 Platinum Level Contributor

    It looks like it wasn’t pulled from a model set...
     

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