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If you are interested in some additional input on the early rockers and the studs, you might log on to the Ames Performance site. You get to the...
Slight correction. 59 was the last year for the reverse flow cooling tubes in the heads. 60 was same cooling setup as later engines, wo any...
Got any pictures of the super chief you could post?
Just a final piece of info. All the full size cars thru 1964 had the starter mounted to the bellhousing. The midsize cars in 1964 mounted the...
To me, your bigger problem with keeping your existing setup is the transmission...a big unknown. Having a dual coupling trans rebuilt willeat up...
You should get on the Ames Performance website. It's basically all Pontiac. If you can't get answers to your questions there then you really...
FYI, the 60 389 still has the provision for the front mount, but thats the end of it. Although the cast iron 60 front timing cover can be used on...
If the Super Chief wheelbase is the same as the Star Chief then you should be good to go. I think the wheelbases are the same but not 100% positive.
If the trans in the car was a dual range hydro, then no P on the quadrant. If trans in car was a dual coupling, then there will be a P on the...
The brake drums on all the 57 American Pontiacs are the same as far as I know.
Since the engine is locked up, you have another potential issue waiting... is the transmission in any kind of operating condition? Those are...
Essentially all (99.99%) 64 Pontiac blocks are drilled & tapped for the starter mount. Doesn't matter whether full size B bodies or midsize A...
If you want to keep the stock choke setup, replacing that little tube in the manifold is not that hard to replace. Need to remove the manifold to...
The dual range hydros have the 30 bolt issue, but your 57 hydro is a dual coupling unit and does not have that issue. The dual coupling units...
If you stick to a 65 or later setup none of this 60 and earlier stuff applies. If you find a good running 64 389 you could use that as well since...
The 60 engines do not mount off the front cover, 60 and later all used basically the same side mounts. The cast iron 60 front cover still has the...
You are correct. If dual range, no park detent.
The 60 front cover has the provision for the front motor mount. The trans in the pickup is a 4 spd dual range unit, while the trans w the 389 is...
Only full size cars in 58/59. I assume they were "b" bodies. There was nothing else. 370 in 58, then 389 starting 59.
Another great source for parts for these old transmissions is Dave Edwards ( AutoTran).
Regardless of where the 64 389 blocks were used, the ones installed in the big cars had the block drilled & tapped for the block mounted starter...
If you want to put a modern stick trans behind a 55-60 Pontiac, you need the 58-60 bellhousing.
Hope the new owner of the Pontiac coupe installs a Pontiac ohc sprint 6 and 5 speed!
50+ years ago I remember watching 2 older ladies drive by in one of these. Not sure of the exact year, just the body style. It was a gorgeous 2...
As I recall the 1966 Chevy service manual shows the full size cars w 283 & 4 speed as having the Saginaw w a 3.11 low gear.
Some 56 Pontiac models got the new transmission (Jetaway), some have the 55 dual range transmission design. The 55 style transmission does NOT...
If your trans has a park detent, then it's probably a Jetaway. W no park I suppose someone could have swapped in an earlier dual range. These...
The pic by loudbang is a '59
Nunzi has NOT passed unless it was in the last couple days!
When you say 57 Cad Roto I assume you mean transmission? If you mean Roto Hydramatic, then that can't be. Roto hydro didn't come along till 1961...
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