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In this Discussion
- 37 Terraplane#2 May 2009
- hrallan May 2009
- Moparcowboy May 2009
- Oldcar_Mechanic May 2009
Buick info needed
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Can someone tell me if a 62 buick have a nailhead in it?
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Moparcowboy wrote:Can someone tell me if a 62 buick have a nailhead in it?
I'm right near 74--Buick never had a flathead in my time. --Older Bros. 1928 Buick was OHV -
The '62 Buick did have a nailhead engine. The nailhead appeared in '53 and lasted through '66. Buick's more modern version of a V8 came out in '67. A nailhead is not a flathead. It is an OHV engine. It was called a nailhead because the valves were so small they resembled nails and I think some of it may have come from the appearance of the engine. It stood more vertically than other V8s. Nailheads were strong, dependable engines.
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hrallan wrote:The '62 Buick did have a nailhead engine. The nailhead appeared in '53 and lasted through '66. Buick's more modern version of a V8 came out in '67. A nailhead is not a flathead. It is an OHV engine. It was called a nailhead because the valves were so small they resembled nails and I think some of it may have come from the appearance of the engine. It stood more vertically than other V8s. Nailheads were strong, dependable engines.
This is correct, altho the term nailhead is often used loosely meaning any OHV engine, what I meant by no flatheads was Buick has allways had OHV engines -
I agree that Buicks always had OHV engines but Moparcowboy's question was about nailheads, not flatheads. Also, I have never heard the term nailhead in reference to anything but a Buick. I have never heard it applied to any other engine. Maybe that depended upon the part of the country a person lived in at the time and was a regional description of an OHV engine, but any time I ever heard nailhead, it was a Buick and nothing else.
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From what I know the nailhead got it's name for the unusual vertical position of its small-sized valves—which looked like nails.
You can always tell a nailhead because of the configuration of the heads.
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hrallan wrote:The '62 Buick did have a nailhead engine. The nailhead appeared in '53 and lasted through '66. Buick's more modern version of a V8 came out in '67. A nailhead is not a flathead. It is an OHV engine. It was called a nailhead because the valves were so small they resembled nails and I think some of it may have come from the appearance of the engine. It stood more vertically than other V8s. Nailheads were strong, dependable engines.
Thanks for infromation on the 62. seen a 62 forsale and have been looking for a nailhead. I know what they look like just have not been able to contact the person. now I know its worth the drive back to the town I saw it at . Thanks again!!
