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OK guys - can anyone identify this engine - and the car it powered?

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Hint: the car came stock with 2-speed Powerglide transmission.

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I'll go with early Corvette. About the same time I tried a TR2.

Wayne
 
BINGO!

I'm still amazed it came with a six, and a two speed automatic. yikes.
 
I've built a couple of these, the steering tends to be about as impressive as the drive train.
 
I hated the babbet (SP) bearing, never did understand why Chevy stayed with them so long.


Wayne
 
Stovebolt six. Memory test - what did the Chevy's of the late 40s and early 50s have concerning their 3-speed column shifts? I can still hear the gear whine of those transmissions.I never owned one but drove several.
 
pdplot said:
Stovebolt six. Memory test - what did the Chevy's of the late 40s and early 50s have concerning their 3-speed column shifts? I can still hear the gear whine of those transmissions.I never owned one but drove several.
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Vacuum assisted shift! Hard to speed shift in the Summer and impossible in the Winter! I've owned 3 with that setup. But, that old cast iron 6 was one tough motor! PJ
 
Paul- how'd that vacuum assist work? What did it do? Automatic clutch? or power assist to moving the shift lever? or ...?

I'm a nut on finding out how the old tech worked. Maybe that's why I volunteer at Old Sturbridge Village!
 
Power assist on the shift. I never could figure out why it was invented! It worked great when new, but when it got a couple years on it, it was a royal pain as it took more pressure to shift than without it. It could be removed and return the transmission to a regular shift by removing the chamber and changing the linkages, which a lot of them were. :encouragement:
 
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