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**Jive-Bomber** · 08-28-2012, 08:29 AM

There are a handful of iconic early 50s era OHV V-8s from Detroit: Of course we have the stout and powerful family of MoPar Hemi motors from DeSoto's 241 Red Ram up through Chrysler's 331 Fire Power dual-quad V-8. There is also GM's smooth-running...

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**zman** · 08-28-2012, 08:36 AM

Oh yeah.

belair · 08-28-2012, 08:37 AM

pant pant

Curt Six · 08-28-2012, 08:46 AM

...and they're nearly bullet proof, too.

Don't forget one of the coolest nailhead builds in recent memory - 401-powered "Strange Bird".

**christopher 78** · 08-28-2012, 08:54 AM

I think the nailhead is the next hemi. Hemi's are over priced and getting harder to find! Thats why we put the 401 in the 30 coupe. Plus they look way better imo!

Brog · 08-28-2012, 10:13 AM

Nailhead's are too cool, they're really growin on me

**boozoo** · 08-28-2012, 10:29 AM

Ditto.... I just picked up a 401 for my '27. Or maybe for the Hudson. It's nice to have options. :-)

Richard D · 08-28-2012, 11:18 AM

You know my favorite...

I like Ivo's way of thinking; If one's good, four is better!

**daddy_o's_diner** · 08-28-2012, 11:46 AM

I love a nicely done nailhead.

That's why the Chemical City Coupe will be getting a 401 very soon.

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Following along with my build thread here:
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=727871

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**EZ Cool** · 08-28-2012, 11:55 AM

The nailhead is my choice for the Company Hauler

titus · 08-28-2012, 12:02 PM

I got bit by the nailhead bug in 1996, it was my freshman year of high school and i started shop class, in the back corner of storage room in the shop was a red buick nailhead with chrome valve covers and a 4bbl intake, i knew i had to have it but had to figure out if it was obtainable. So i set up to talk with my teacher about it, he said that they were planning on using it as a learning tool buy taking it apart in front of class. i asked if it just had to be a motor or if it had to be the nailhead? he said, i dont know why? i offered him a 305 i had in trade for it as id love to have the motor to put in a hot rod in the future, he said yes! so i got my first nailhead when i was 15 years old! it hid out in the garage for a few years as i really didnt have a car to put it in yet but i was in the process of building a T-bucket with my dad, fast forward to 2000, i had finished my t-bucket and had it at back to the fifties, got a wild hair to put it for sale as i knew of a 31 tudor, well the car sold in the first 3 hours i had it for sale, now i had a bunch of cash burning a hole in my pocket! come sunday morning id find a part that would set my nailhead and speed equipment obsession in order, i found a wieand drag star 6x2 intake for my motor, a deal was stuck $180 for the bare intake. later that week i went and purchase the 31 tudor and of course it got the nailhead with the 6x2 intake. the rest is history, since that point ive always loved nailheads and have used them here and there in cars and i collect any nailhead speed part i can find! i was 18 when i build the 31 tudor.

JEFF

buikwag · 08-28-2012, 12:05 PM

My 322" pulls my wagon around with power to spare.

**TomT** · 08-28-2012, 12:10 PM

I've got a 322 that will go into a new Ford 5-window w/5-speed and open drive banjo that's on the back burner once I get my avatar straightened out and a 40 p-up I have in the works built!

**czuch** · 08-28-2012, 12:33 PM

I've had one in the classifieds for a while.
63 401 from a Wildcat. I cant use it.
They area very pretty motor.

tommy · 08-28-2012, 12:42 PM

The first hotrod I saw in person was a 46 Ford business coupe with a Buick of unknown size to me. I was a kid. It was my cousins car. 4 years older than me, he chased me around the garage with a Vertex magneto with the cap off and just the "dick" sticking up. I quickly learned that a magneto does not need a battery to throw a spark. This was between 58 and 60? I can't remember any other Buick speed equipment on the car but that Vertex is stuck in my brain. Part of that time he drove a 55 Buick 2 dr. HT 3 spd on the column as a daily driver. I loved that car too...black with a white top.

I bet a Buick Vertex would bring a pretty penny today.

**robertsregal** · 08-28-2012, 01:00 PM

nailheads rule, a cool motor indeed.

desotot · 08-28-2012, 01:11 PM

yep,yep.

**Stevie Nash** · 08-28-2012, 01:18 PM

Just picked up a 401 for the Nash! They are out there, but you gotta look hard and be patient. Check craiglist in your area daily, talk to everyone you know and put the bug in their ear that you are looking for one. They may know someone...

Jkustom · 08-28-2012, 01:21 PM

I've been a nailhead junkie since 1996 when I bought my 56 wagon.. Now I have 5 nailheads in my shop waiting for cars to be built around them.. haha.

**Stutz** · 08-28-2012, 03:46 PM

I heart nailheads... by far my favorite motor. I have two, and want more.

08-28-2012, 08:29 AM	#1
Jive-Bomber Alliance Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Moraga, Ca Posts: 2,421	Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead There are a handful of iconic early 50s era OHV V-8s from Detroit: Of course we have the stout and powerful family of MoPar Hemi motors from DeSoto's 241 Red Ram up through Chrysler's 331 Fire Power dual-quad V-8. There is also GM's smooth-running... To read the rest of this blog entry from The Jalopy Journal, click here.

08-28-2012, 08:36 AM	#2
zman Alliance Member Join Date: Apr 2001 Location: Garner, NC Posts: 16,484	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead Oh yeah. __________________ I have gotten grief for pointing out that the white, speckled stuff on chicken shit is still chicken shit. I will continue to do so... Chili Phil

08-28-2012, 08:37 AM	#3
belair Old School HAMBer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Brady TEXAS Posts: 4,258	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead pant pant __________________ Every knee will bow H.A.M.B. Chapel 322 Naihead and complete stick set-up for sale

08-28-2012, 08:46 AM	#4
Curt Six Member Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Baltimore, MD U.S. of A. Posts: 695	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead ...and they're nearly bullet proof, too. Don't forget one of the coolest nailhead builds in recent memory - 401-powered "Strange Bird". Attached Thumbnails

08-28-2012, 08:54 AM	#5
christopher 78 Alliance Member Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: fredericksburg tx Posts: 36	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead I think the nailhead is the next hemi. Hemi's are over priced and getting harder to find! Thats why we put the 401 in the 30 coupe. Plus they look way better imo! __________________ why not???

08-28-2012, 10:13 AM	#6
Brog Grenade Inspector Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Berryville, VA Posts: 268	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead Nailhead's are too cool, they're really growin on me __________________ My '56 F100 Build

08-28-2012, 10:29 AM	#7
boozoo Alliance Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Indy Posts: 536	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead Ditto.... I just picked up a 401 for my '27. Or maybe for the Hudson. It's nice to have options. :-)

08-28-2012, 11:18 AM	#8
Richard D Old School HAMBer Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Texas City, Texas Between Houston & Galveston Posts: 11,798	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead You know my favorite... I like Ivo's way of thinking; If one's good, four is better!

08-28-2012, 11:46 AM	#9
daddy_o's_diner Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Midland, Michigan Posts: 2,116	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead I love a nicely done nailhead. That's why the Chemical City Coupe will be getting a 401 very soon. . Following along with my build thread here: http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=727871 . __________________ The Chemical City Coupe Bonneville inspired '32 ford 5-Window Build thread http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/s...d.php?t=727871

08-28-2012, 11:55 AM	#10
EZ Cool Alliance Vendor Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Springtown, Tx Posts: 106	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead The nailhead is my choice for the Company Hauler __________________ Alliance Vendor of EZ Cool Insulation Facebook Page

08-28-2012, 12:02 PM	#11
titus Old School HAMBer Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: stillwater mn Posts: 4,208	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead I got bit by the nailhead bug in 1996, it was my freshman year of high school and i started shop class, in the back corner of storage room in the shop was a red buick nailhead with chrome valve covers and a 4bbl intake, i knew i had to have it but had to figure out if it was obtainable. So i set up to talk with my teacher about it, he said that they were planning on using it as a learning tool buy taking it apart in front of class. i asked if it just had to be a motor or if it had to be the nailhead? he said, i dont know why? i offered him a 305 i had in trade for it as id love to have the motor to put in a hot rod in the future, he said yes! so i got my first nailhead when i was 15 years old! it hid out in the garage for a few years as i really didnt have a car to put it in yet but i was in the process of building a T-bucket with my dad, fast forward to 2000, i had finished my t-bucket and had it at back to the fifties, got a wild hair to put it for sale as i knew of a 31 tudor, well the car sold in the first 3 hours i had it for sale, now i had a bunch of cash burning a hole in my pocket! come sunday morning id find a part that would set my nailhead and speed equipment obsession in order, i found a wieand drag star 6x2 intake for my motor, a deal was stuck $180 for the bare intake. later that week i went and purchase the 31 tudor and of course it got the nailhead with the 6x2 intake. the rest is history, since that point ive always loved nailheads and have used them here and there in cars and i collect any nailhead speed part i can find! i was 18 when i build the 31 tudor. JEFF Attached Thumbnails __________________ who owns this car with the peace sign, mag wheels, and four on the floor?

08-28-2012, 12:05 PM	#12
buikwag Member Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: So Cal - Inland Empire Posts: 403	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead My 322" pulls my wagon around with power to spare. __________________ "It's not your Wife, It's not your Life, It's only MONEY" *______________________________________________* *Over the Hill Gang - San Bernardino.CA* *www.othg-sanbernardino.com* *______________________________________________* My Personal Web Site http://mysite.verizon.net/jcox14/index.htm

08-28-2012, 12:10 PM	#13
TomT Alliance Member Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Williamsburg, Virginia Posts: 1,201	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead I've got a 322 that will go into a new Ford 5-window w/5-speed and open drive banjo that's on the back burner once I get my avatar straightened out and a 40 p-up I have in the works built!

08-28-2012, 12:33 PM	#14
czuch Alliance Member Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: vail az Posts: 1,851	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead I've had one in the classifieds for a while. 63 401 from a Wildcat. I cant use it. They area very pretty motor.

08-28-2012, 12:42 PM	#15
tommy Old School HAMBer Join Date: Mar 2001 Location: Davidsonville, Md. Posts: 14,050	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead The first hotrod I saw in person was a 46 Ford business coupe with a Buick of unknown size to me. I was a kid. It was my cousins car. 4 years older than me, he chased me around the garage with a Vertex magneto with the cap off and just the "dick" sticking up. I quickly learned that a magneto does not need a battery to throw a spark. This was between 58 and 60? I can't remember any other Buick speed equipment on the car but that Vertex is stuck in my brain. Part of that time he drove a 55 Buick 2 dr. HT 3 spd on the column as a daily driver. I loved that car too...black with a white top. I bet a Buick Vertex would bring a pretty penny today. __________________ Quote...You are hereby Knighted...'Sir Asseth of Hole' Tommy... 3W Larry. Quote...It's called "HOT RODDING", not paint by numbers....Fab32

08-28-2012, 01:00 PM	#16
robertsregal Alliance Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: lake crystal minnesota Posts: 557	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead nailheads rule, a cool motor indeed. __________________

08-28-2012, 01:11 PM	#17
desotot Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Enderby B,C. Canada Posts: 764	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead yep,yep. __________________ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=06tDUQ3u0mg

08-28-2012, 01:18 PM	#18
Stevie Nash Alliance Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Farm Country Posts: 2,623	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead Just picked up a 401 for the Nash! They are out there, but you gotta look hard and be patient. Check craiglist in your area daily, talk to everyone you know and put the bug in their ear that you are looking for one. They may know someone... __________________ Outsiders C.C. Last edited by Stevie Nash; 08-28-2012 at 01:25 PM.

08-28-2012, 01:21 PM	#19
Jkustom Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: west seattle, wa. Posts: 1,554	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead I've been a nailhead junkie since 1996 when I bought my 56 wagon.. Now I have 5 nailheads in my shop waiting for cars to be built around them.. haha. __________________ "where you goin', city boy?" "Thanks for the big burnout you done leaving JCustom,they heard it on the third floor." - Hambandy

08-28-2012, 03:46 PM	#20
Stutz Alliance Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 307 Wyoming Posts: 1,723	Re: Betting on the Buick: The Nailhead I heart nailheads... by far my favorite motor. I have two, and want more. __________________ The "Captain" 1930 Model A Build Need E&J Type 20's...

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