That was the best running Buick 8 I remember seeing. Seems like they should
run. I never understood the roadster that it was in. It looked like a '32
cowl and '33 deck. Anybody who can inform me?
For more Inline Buick and other motors with cylinders properly arranged,
type Inliners Intl into your search and you'll find a pretty good site.
Rich Fox
----- Original Message -----
From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
To: <land-speed@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 08:40 PM
Subject: Re: Buick, Nostalgia
> Lance,
> Mel Tull, from Atascadero, CA (central Calif lower Salinas Valley)
showed
> up at the Salt during the late 80's or early 90's with a Buick Straight 8
> powered XXO/STR and proceeded to run something like 174 one way for an
> average of about 169. It had a stock head that was wildly ported. What put
> him into the XXO class instead of XO class was the 350 ci or so
displacement
> of the engine.
> Mel was an old-time Buick drag racer from the 50's in LA and decided
to
> give Bonneville a try.
> He was also working on a future project that involved taking a Buick
> Straight 8 block, cutting off the old deck and replacing it with a steel
one
> that would accept 2 2000cc Toyota cammer heads. He got as far as making a
> billet crank and finishing the deck replacement when he sold the roadster
to
> someone in the Northwest as I recall.
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