by Jim McCuan and Society Staff – Reprint with permission only We are preparing a 1964 GT Hawk to run in C/CPS at Bonneville. Having spent a couple of years acquiring the basics, it’s time to move toward more specific items. The requirements of the class requirements, in this case, a production...
This would be the last year for the Jeepster until the 60s. Sales seemed fine at 5,834, but the overwhelming number of Willys buyers were going for station wagons, regular Jeeps, and Jeep trucks so there just wasn't enough justification for the model.Brand HomeGeneral Year Information For 1950,...
The 1949 Jeep Station Sedan could now be had with an F-Head "Super Hurricane" six-cylinder power plant. Horsepower remained the same but the engine was more responsive due to 10 more ft. lbs. of torque.Brand HomeMid-year the 1949 Jeepster also received the F-Head "Hurricane" four-cylinder. 3,638...
The Jeepster Phaeton was an all-new car offered by Willys. Using the standard Jeep chassis and a new body aft of the firewall gave Willys an exciting new vehicle. 10,326 were produced, adding to the Company's viabilityBrand HomeThe new Jeep Station Sedan was larger than the common Station Wagon...
Brand HomeGeneral Year Information The 1947 Willys models were introduced in January 1947. Model year production peaked at 33, 214 units. Calendar year sales of 33,214 cars were recorded this year. Willys-Overland Motors, Incorporated was headquartered in Toledo, Ohio. The 1947 version of the...
Brand HomeGeneral Year Information The 1946 Willys was introduced in July 1946. This Jeep Station Wagon was Willy's first foray into civilian-like vehicles. Its uniqueness and versatility resulted in 6,533 being sold in the abbreviated year. Production peaked at 6,533 units. Calendar year sales...
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More Power For 2.7 BMW 'ETA' Cars (325e, 325es, 528e) This article applies to all BMW M20 2.7 liter 'e' (eta) cars. Examples include the E30 325e, 325es, and 325, plus the E28 528e. These cars with the 'lowly' eta engine are upgraded quite a bit -for fairly short money. First, you must change the...
Block Specifications The engines discussed here are the 1966 and later GEN-2 and GEN-3 engines, from 290 to 401 cubic inches. As previously stated, the GEN-2 and GEN-3 engines are separated in that the GEN-2 had a lower deck height (9.165"), and GEN-3 engines use a higher deck (9.208") as measured...
The Gen 2 Short-Deck Engine - Identification at a Glance All Gen2 Short Deck Blocks will have a deck height of 9.165". All Gen 2 engines have the distributor at the front unlike the older Gen 1 V8 and the starter on the right side. 290 V8s at a Glance - The 290 was found in all Rogue and Rebel...
Introduction In 1970, two significant changes were made to the AMC V8 engine. All three displacement blocks had their deck height increased from 9.165" to 9.208" and the cylinder heads received an important redesign. These changes were major enough to consider the engine a third generation of the...
Gen 2 AMC V8 - General Information New V8 engines from almost every manufacturer were introduced in the mid-1960s. Engineering advances in casting and lessons learned in volumetric efficiency (read cylinder head design) that were learned in the racing programs that all the factories had been...
High-Performance Engines from an Economy-minded Company Surprisingly, AMC had always been in the high-performance game, even before the introduction of the GEN-1 V8. With the merger of Hudson and Nash in the mid-fifties that formed American Motors, AMC inherited Hudson's racing heritage. Thus, it...
Auto Union was formed in Germany in 1932, merging: Horch - founded by August Horch in Zwickau 1904, built cars starting from straight-two engines to luxury models with V8- and V12 engines. Audi - having fallen out with family members, August Horch 1909 left the namesake enterprise and founded Audi...
The company designed an entirely new six-cylinder with a short stroke and seven main bearing crankshaft for 1964. This design was produced in various forms through 2006. The 232 cid "Torque Command" in-line six was AMC's first modern six-cylinder engine. To commemorate the engine's May 1964...
Details & Differences: Gen 1 AMC 250-327 V-8In our History Section we detail how the engine was born out of necessity, but what we didn't say was that AMC was very late to the OHV V8 party - so it was more than necessity - it was desperation. Nash Kelvinator was a company of dichotomies: first...
Members of the AMC hobby refer to this engine family as the "GEN-1" AMC V8. It was created more out of necessity than out of design. In 1954, AMC President George W. Mason had made a verbal agreement with Packard that the two companies would supply parts for each other as appropriate. This was...
In 1954, shortly after the merger with Hudson, AMC President George W. Mason made a verbal agreement with Packard that the two companies would supply parts for each other as appropriate. This was based upon ongoing talks about a merger of the two smaller companies. As a show of good faith, AMC...
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Brand HomeGeneral Year InformationPut information about the year add Models to the tabsChassis Information Wheelbase: Information Overall length: Information Front tread: Information Rear tread: Information Tires: Information Models Offered Alfa Romeo Giulia 1300: The Giulia 1300 was equipped with...
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