@tomeighty. Good and interesting video. Back in the late early 60's my brother-in-law had a 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk and Golden Hawk. If I remember correctly, one of those actually had a factory blower in it and a I think a 289 cubic inch V8. (Not sure, been a while). Thanks for sharing and take care.
Thank you! Glad you liked the video. And yes I have heard one of those Studes did have a blower on it. I always wondered how powerful the blower actually was on there.
Back in the 90s, a guy in a 70 Cyclone went down the track in like fast forward. I went back to the pits to see what was under the hood, a 302, how? It was unreal. The engine looked so small in that engine compartment. It was amazing.
@@garyslentzii2796 Cleves were runners, for sure, if geared. Edit: However, the Montegos had a standard 302, so it might have been that. They are sometimes mistaken for Cyclones. I have a Spoiler and a 302 Montego MX.
@413x398 You're a lucky guy. I had a 68 Cougar way back in the late 80s early 90s. It was the coolest car I've ever had in my younger days. My 90 Cougar was pretty nice too.
I had a good friend who had a 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT with a 4 speed. He took me for a ride in it and I wasn't very impressed with it! Yeah it was a very nice car but it didn't go very fast! He said that I wouldn't be able to grab a 5 dollar bill off the dash during acceleration? I could have done it no problem at all!!!
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@tomeighty. Good and interesting video. Back in the late early 60's my brother-in-law had a 1957 Studebaker Silver Hawk and Golden Hawk. If I remember correctly, one of those actually had a factory blower in it and a I think a 289 cubic inch V8. (Not sure, been a while). Thanks for sharing and take care.
Thank you! Glad you liked the video. And yes I have heard one of those Studes did have a blower on it. I always wondered how powerful the blower actually was on there.
@@tomeighty Thanks, I appreciate you commenting back.
The 1950 studabaker
Nice collection of oddities. I love what you’ve done with the new Tom Eighty headquarters building!
Thank you, I wanted a small little place to feel comfortable. ha ha
Back in the 90s, a guy in a 70 Cyclone went down the track in like fast forward. I went back to the pits to see what was under the hood, a 302, how? It was unreal. The engine looked so small in that engine compartment. It was amazing.
I'll bet that looked small in there.
The standard engine in the base Cyclone was a 429 non-CJ. The GT's base engine was a 351 Cleveland. No 302's in a Cyclone.
@@413x398 They may have had the 351, sure wasn't big enough to be a 429.
@@garyslentzii2796 Cleves were runners, for sure, if geared. Edit: However, the Montegos had a standard 302, so it might have been that. They are sometimes mistaken for Cyclones. I have a Spoiler and a 302 Montego MX.
@413x398 You're a lucky guy. I had a 68 Cougar way back in the late 80s early 90s. It was the coolest car I've ever had in my younger days.
My 90 Cougar was pretty nice too.
I had a good friend who had a 1970 Mercury Cyclone GT with a 4 speed. He took me for a ride in it and I wasn't very impressed with it! Yeah it was a very nice car but it didn't go very fast! He said that I wouldn't be able to grab a 5 dollar bill off the dash during acceleration? I could have done it no problem at all!!!
That's awesome, love to hear stories like that. Real world stuff. ha ha
My Uncle had one just “vanilla” orange..
Wonder if gmc had any trouble when they used the Cyclone name…
Good question. Maybe that is why they went with the different spelling of the name (Syclone).
@@tomeighty Exactly.