nick8086 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) One more barn find. - not mine.. https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/cto/d/1954-kaiser-darrin-161-sport/6715533178.html Edited October 6, 2018 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 6, 2018 Author Share Posted October 6, 2018 (edited) Edited October 6, 2018 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 I like it as is- a time capsule! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gossp Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 54 minutes ago, mercer09 said: I like it as is- a time capsule! I agree 100% Plugs, wires, tires, and a bath... then drive it. I have only seen these cars over restored or apart for restoration, that one you could drive in the rain and leave in a restaurant parking lot. I would enjoy it more than a pretty one. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JACK M Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Is that an original engine for this car? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaflash8 Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 5 hours ago, mercer09 said: I like it as is- a time capsule! That's such utter nonsense. If you like cars that look like that and worse, just go out into the country to an old junkyard and get one. This car needs to be restored and saved. Now you can throw all the rocks you want.... 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1957Birdman Posted October 6, 2018 Share Posted October 6, 2018 Not the original engine. They came with a straight six originally. Kaiser made provisions for a V8 but none were ever delivered from the factory. Lew Bachman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mercer09 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 (edited) That's such utter nonsense. If you like cars that look like that and worse, just go out into the country to an old junkyard and get one. This car needs to be restored and saved. Now you canthrow all the rocks you want.... How all my cars look and the way I like them. sorry that you need a snickers bar! LOL cant fix cranky! Edited October 7, 2018 by mercer09 (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynaflash8 Posted October 7, 2018 Share Posted October 7, 2018 If you like junk cars it's ok with me. Some of my happiest Saturday's were spent roaming junkyards in the 1960s and 1970s and looking at cars like a Pierce Arrow and a Franklin in a Baltimore junkyard and wondering if they were restorable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) Can any one id the V8 motor in this red car? I still have the v8 out of my father first Kaiser Darrin.. Here is the motor.. Edited October 8, 2018 by nick8086 (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloo Posted October 8, 2018 Share Posted October 8, 2018 (edited) Err.... Small Block Chevy. I am gonna go with early 60s 283. I am no SBC expert, and those pics don't give a lot to go on. It has a generator (was 1966 the last?), It has an oil fill spout on the intake. It has the same type pulleys on front that you would expect for the mid 60s (maybe those go all the way back to the beginning?) Other clues would be the size of the spark plug (changed in 68 I think), but there is no picture. Also where the valve covers bolt to the head, the holes can be either straight across or staggered (changed around 1959 I think). They cut the picture off so you cant see. The location of the dipstick can be another indicator if you know when it changed. Edited October 8, 2018 by Bloo (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 8, 2018 Author Share Posted October 8, 2018 It is a 265 motor. I do not have the time to look at all of my dads stuff.. It should be the same motor as this car.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick8086 Posted October 9, 2018 Author Share Posted October 9, 2018 Here is a post Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capngrog Posted October 9, 2018 Share Posted October 9, 2018 On 10/8/2018 at 1:59 AM, nick8086 said: It is a 265 motor. I do not have the time to look at all of my dads stuff.. It should be the same motor as this car.. The engine shown appears to not have the integral oil filter mount cast into the rear driver's side of the block. I believe that the 1955 265 c.i. V-8 was the only year that the small block Chevy did not have the integral oil filter mount. That being said, the engine that you have would be the correct one for your Dad's '55 Chevy. By the way, that's a nice looking "55. Cheers, Grog Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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