1953 Buick Skylark Convertible Needs POWER! JB visits Ed Smith to see a Nailhead V8 for the project.
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- Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
- JB Donaldson and I visit with Ed Smith to look at a potential engine and transmission for the 1953 Buick Skylark Convertible project. We learn that the engine Ed has has been rebuilt and seems to be in very good condition. They are special cars and this project is well underway!
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You have to love Ed. He is such a character. Wicked smart too.
I was given a free Toro zero turn with a new engine that was done by the mower/equipment shop in town because it needed a battery and a starter or that's what they said. The valve adjustment was so loose it built up too much compression. Bolts were in the wrong holes with one that pushed a valve seat out and the wiring was literally hacked and taped together.
Over two years I've amassed many pieces of equipment they've discarded that were easy fixes and easy sales that I stand behind. Lessons galore I guess. I only trust my work and I'm tired of my inspection sticker being held hostage by incompetent shops. You all are what I consider old school and is why I'm here. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone that reads this and everyone that doesn't.
Thank you - we are on the same page!
That Turbo 400 he's showing has a Chevy bellhousing. The 350 has the Buick-Olds-Pontiac bell housing. The Nailhead block in the video has an early round bell housing and you'll need an adapter plate to fit it up.
Yes sir but the Turbo 400 also is available in the BOP bellhousing. I acquired a vehicle that had a Turbo 400 that the fellow wanted to keep the transmission. Well it is an old GMC truck and I installed a SBC with a Turbo 400. I had one transmission that came from a Chevrolet and another that came from a Pontiac that I scrapped out but kept the transmission which happened to be a long tailshaft transmission. I took the two transmissions and made what i wanted a long shaft transmission with the Chevrolet bolt pattern as the guts in both transmissions are the same. I just viewed a post showing the history of the Buick V8 engines and there was indeed an early version of the nail head and the parts do not interchange from the earlier to the later versions of the nail head. This could be a good update however if all of the parts are sourced correctly.
A Cadillac woody? WooooooW, that’s a first for me.
Me too!
Interesting conversation! The stuff these guys can teach us!
Thank you Mark! Have a great day!
@@BarryTsGarage You as well!
I like this video very much, just can' hear it very well.
Will do better! Thank you
Every used engine can be a crap shoot. Depending upon what one is wanting to do and the type of restoration one is going to accomplish this particular engine may not be the proper one to use if one is wanting to do a original style restoration to what the car came from the factory. However if one is open to using a later engine or updating the vehicle to a later model engine in the same factory, then this engine would be a good choice. However it is wise to research what fits from year to year and the differences between early and late changes made to these Buick engines. It can get rather sticky. Now Ed Smith knows the fellow who assembled this engine and that is a plus. I have a Chevrolet truck that has a 454 engine in it and I bought it from a friend of mine who had acquired it from another friend of who I know did good work in assembling engines and that is a plus. I also bought an engine from a fellow many years back and when i get around to using it, I will disassemble the engine and check it out so I do not run into any surprises, and i might even find out that the engine is a bust, but that is the breaks. i have also seen people buy a supposed ran when parked and install an engine only to learn the hard way that it has to be replaced. The cheap can come out to be expensive.
If the id # on distributor isn’t important; you may want to consider a HEI. hot spark, easy start, etc.
In 1953 Buick used the straight 8 in the Special ( base model) but the Super Roadmaster Skylark used the new nailhead V-8 . 1953 was the last year for the straight 8 , 1954 n up used the nailhead.
Excellent, that’s right! I appreciate that additional info for the Channel here!