buick nailhead motor

[davysmodels]

any 1/25 scale (or 1/24 scale) kits have a Buick nailhead motor?

appreciate your reply.

thanks.

[cobraman]

Isn't there one in the double T kit ?

[Nitro Neil]

AMT 1965 and 1966 Rivieras both have that engine.

[Brett Barrow]

Revell's Tony Nancy 22 Jr. Double kit.

[Art Anderson]

Isn't there one in the double T kit ?

The AMT '25 T Double Kit's hot rod V8 is a 430 cid Lincoln.

Art

[Ace-Garageguy]

There's a RARE 1/25 Revell parts pack #C1103 Buick nailhead with a manual gearbox and semi-zoomie headers.

These engines ARE EXCELLENT, but the downside to the Revell nailheads (and the same ones in the Showboat) is that they have no stock parts like water pumps, front covers, or induction and exhaust systems. Mixing and matching parts, from kits like the '66 Rivera or the '32 Ford shown below, can yield an outstanding and very accurate model in any state of tune you desire.

Basically the same engine (4 of them) as the Revell parts-pack version lives in the Revell Tommy Ivo "Showboat" kit, and those all have direct-port, individual-stack, mechanical fuel injection and a nice, finned timing cover. The kit also has 4 scattershield-style bellhousings, and TWO big, excellent quick-change rear ends. The oil pans have angled bottoms to accommodate the angled mounting in the Showboat chassis.

The 1/25 '40 Ford AMT COUPE and SEDAN DELIVERY (NOT the TUDOR sedan, which has an Olds motor) have okay (not great) nailheads backed up with Ford 3-speed manual gearboxes. They have chain-drive blowers, too (early oval-case GMC 4-71s)

The RARE AMT 1/25 double Willys / '32 Ford kit has a decent 3-carb nailhead with finned valve and plug covers.

In 1/24, the Monogram Orange Hauler kit has a nailhead with a single carb, backed up with a Dynaflow automatic trans. it is a very simple engine, but looks good assembled and detailed.

Edited November 19, 2013 by Ace-Garageguy

[my80malibu]

Uncertain T

[ToyLvr]

I think we've already had a thread on this topic, but I'm too lazy to search for it. ;-)

I was looking for a Nailhead for one of my projects last year, so I did some research.

As mentioned above, it's available in the AMT '65/'66 Riviera, 1/25th scale;

IIRC, one of the best detailed Nailheads in 1/25th was in the old AMT '40 Ford kit, offered as an option.

Revell has the Nailhead in both the aforementioned Tony Nancy dragster kit, and also in their Tommy Ivo "Showboat" dragster kit.

In 1/24th, you'll find it in Monogram's kit of Starbird's "Orange Hauler" showcar.

Depending upon what you're building, the AMT versions can be annoying to work with, as they have a hole in the oil pan for the front axle to pass through.

Hope this helps!

Mike

[ToyLvr]

Uncertain T

I would LOVE to have enough "Uncertain T" kits in my stash that I could sfford to kitbash the motor from one, and not care!

[buffalobill]

AMT's '66 Riviera has a very nicely executed 425 'nailhead', but it doesn't have any speed parts in the kit. It does have the optional dual 4 barrel intake & carbs. AMT also kitted a low rider/custom version of their '66, but I do not know if it had any engine dress-up pieces in it. . .

The Hilborn injection found in Revell's "Tommy Ivo Showboat" 4-engined drag kit looks especially good - depending on your application, and that kit would also give you a finned 'valley cover' and finned valve covers - 4 sets of them! Also, the valve covers found in AMT's '40 Ford coupe could be used, as they're nice ribbed pieces. Buick nailheads really pop when the recesses in the valley cover & the valve covers are painted red, or perhaps a body color.

For exhaust headers, the ones found in AMT's '40 ford could be modified, as can those found in AMT's '65 Riviera kit. (I don't recommend the '65 Riviera for it's engine, however, as it's detail is kind of soft, and if my memory serves me, it has the dreaded hole thru the block for a metal axle) But, it does have a Latham axial-flow type of supercharger w/ 4 sidedraft Carter YH-type single barrel carbs; the Latham blower was rare & expensive, but it fit under many production cars' low hood line - even GM used it on at least one concept car - an early '60s Pontiac, I think. re: the headers, Buick nailhead engines had unusual spacing for the exhaust ports, so there's probably not any non-nailhead headers that will work w/out respacing the header pipes where they attach to the engine.

[zenrat]

www.thepartsbox.com do a resin hot rodded nailhead (3 deuces and lakes headers).

[Bernard Kron]

Here's thepartsbox.com resin Nailhead. It's excellent. You'll notice that it includes a very nice set of Nailhead correct Limefire headers.

The best basic Nailhead block and heads in styrene are from the Revell Tony Nancy Double Dragster and Tommy Ivo Showboat kits. As mentioned earlier the Showboat has a fine set of injectors. Replicas and Miniatures Company of Maryland makes a re-pop of the accesory drive, oil pan and transmission from the old Revell Parts Pack Nailhead which can be used to update the 22 Jr. and Ivo Showboat Nailheads to a street motor. The Showboat motors in particular have slanted oil pans which either need to be modified or replaced. The RepMin Nailhead modification kit is not offered in the catalog. You'll have to ask for it.

If you require more steetable carburetion, this is where AMT comes in, offering dual quads and even the already mentioned Latham blower setup in the various iterations of the Riviera kit, and a tri-power manifold in the '40 Ford Sedan Delivery and certain coupes (Cocal Cola and ?). Also as mentioned the exhaust manifold from the '40 Fords is quite useful as it is a block hugger design. The AMT kits are also great for accesory drives and fan belts and pulleys.

Here's a picture of a Showboat block and heads modified with an AMT tri-power manifold and limefire headers from thepartsbox.com. The transmission, pan and accesory drive were from Replicas and Miniatures with AMT generator, pulleys and belts. Apologies for the funky finish on the headers which are actually quite smooth and deserved better...

Edited November 26, 2013 by Bernard Kron

[buffalobill]

Rep & Min of MD also offers stock appearing nail head rocker covers (P-106) - also incl. are 2 rectangular breathers. According to Norm, these parts were rebopped from Revell's Tony Nancy 22Jr dragster kit.

Also - to clarify - AMT's '65 Riviera's engine does not share any parts w/ their much newer-tooled and far better detailed '66 Riviera's engine.

[charlie8575]

The '66 Riv has a very nice Nailhead.

AMT's '66 Wildcat 425 is also very nicely done, hole in block or not, it looks really good assembled and detailed.

The '65 Riv engine leaves a lot to be desired, but can look acceptable with good painting and perhaps an aftermarket distributor to replace the molded-in one that doesn't look so hot.

Charlie Larkin

[tabsscale1]

Like the title says I am looking for a Buick Nailhead engine. Which kits have them? Hoping I have a kit that has the engine in it so if I know which one it is in I won't have to go through my Whole stash to find it.

[Ace-Garageguy]

And you might want to have a look at this one.

http://www.modelcarsmag.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=79627

[Casey]

The RARE AMT 1/25 double Willys / '32 Ford kit has a decent 3-carb nailhead with finned valve and plug covers. 

 

In 1/24, the Monogram Orange Hauler kit has a nailhead with a single carb, backed up with a Dynaflow automatic trans. it is a very simple engine, but looks good assembled and detailed.

I think this one would be best avoided, unless one likes the everything-molded-in look:

 

I guess we can add the Buick V8 from the 1/25 Revell '29 Ford Model A Roadster kit, too, but I think there were some exhaust post spacing inaccuracies involved?

[unclescott58]

I'm surprised no one has brought up the nailhead in Revell's recent '29 Model A roadster kit, until Casey did in the post directly above this one. It's very nice too.

Also, the AMT '32 Ford sedan, shown above, again by Casey, is one of my holy grail kits. I have no interest in another of Willys coupe that originally came with that kit. I have enough of those. But, the custom '32 sedan above has evaded me. Does anybody know. Was the kit ever reissued? Or offered separately from the Willys? I wonder where the dies for that one has disappeared to?

 

Edited November 19, 2016 by unclescott58

[Mark]

I'm surprised no one has brought up the nailhead in Revell's recent '29 Model A roadster kit, until Casey did in the post directly above this one. It's very nice too.

Also, the AMT '32 Ford sedan, shown above, again by Casey, is one of my holy grail kits. I have no interest in another of Willys coupe that originally came with that kit. I have enough of those. But, the custom '32 sedan above has evaded me. Does anybody know. Was the kit ever reissued? Or offered separately from the Willys? I wonder where the dies for that one has disappeared to?

 

The custom '32 sedan was never offered by itself.  AMT issued a stock/street rod sedan ONCE in the mid-Seventies.  It was made up mostly from the phaeton/Victoria kit (engine/chassis/fenders) with the body and windows from the custom sedan, a modified phaeton interior bucket, and a new hood.   

[Toner283]

I'm surprised no one has brought up the nailhead in Revell's recent '29 Model A roadster kit, until Casey did in the post directly above this one. It's very nice too.

 

The thread is 3 years old. The revell '29 Ford roadster had not been released yet at that point. 

[unclescott58]

 

The thread is 3 years old. The revell '29 Ford roadster had not been released yet at that point. 

Yea, I see that now. Darn! I keep making mistakes like that. I guess I'll just have to go someplace and beat myself, until I'm a bloody mess for doing stuff like that. ?

R. Scott Aho

 

[unclescott58]

The custom '32 sedan was never offered by itself.  AMT issued a stock/street rod sedan ONCE in the mid-Seventies.  It was made up mostly from the phaeton/Victoria kit (engine/chassis/fenders) with the body and windows from the custom sedan, a modified phaeton interior bucket, and a new hood.   

I thought that was the case. And I knew the one from mid-70's was not the same. Again as I noted, I'd love to see the '32 sedan that came with the Willys reissued. I wonder why, unlike the Willys which has been reissued many times, they've never brought the Ford back?

AMT's mid-70's '32 sedan would have very little interest to me. Since the subject have been covered by MPC's old Switchers kit and Revell's newer version. I do wish the '32 sedan delivery that MPC offered many years ago would also return.