Yeah, I could think of a few cars that would look good in.....Like a 67 Fairlane.....

 

It's been muddy lately!

 

My other passion (not my truck...)

 

Helping my friend cater a job. 700 pounds of crawfish and 30 pounds of jambalaya.

 

348, 409, or 427?

nevermind, i just realized that is a V6 and not a "W" head V8
305, rite?

 

This^^


You can see it towards the end of the vid when you can see down the gap behind the cab. Air intakes like that are pretty standard on cab forward trucks.

Holy horsepower Batman that's in a first gen Thunderbird. That must have been one heck of a shoehorn.


Back in the day I had an employer that was all about Cammers. He already had them in a 34 Phaeton, 55 Customline, and 57 Ranchero. While in his employ I put them in a T-bucket and 61 Slick.

 

 

Common question! If you look close, you'll see it's a V6


Fun fact: GMC wasn't always the same as Chevy. They were bought out by GM and ruined I mean merged into one truck to save money.

GMC was the working truck, Chevy was the princess. That's a 305 V6, patterned after a diesel engine, but made to drink gas. It was a over-engineered super long lasting torque monster.

It was only available in GMC trucks in the 60's before they became Chevy clones. The V6 sizes were 305, 351, 401, and a huge 702 V12. Arr arr arr!!!

 

I've seen one Cammer in person. It was at a cosignment place, down in Kansas City, I think called Dale Welches. They did consignment on cars, parts, all sort of goodies. At the back of the store, there sat a 427 Cammer, with an extra 6 foot timing chain hanging on the wall. On a shelf not too far from it, was one of those funky Mopar cross ram intakes, that put the carbs all the way out past the rocker covers.

 

When I was a kid, my Uncle had a GMC. It was an early 60's model truck, 1.5 ton, with a 361 V-6. 4 speed tranny with a 2 speed axle. He got rid of it long before I was old enough to drive.

 

The 34 Phaeton with the Cammer owned by Jim Green. It's an original Cammer with an 8/71 magnesium blower. On top of the blower is 4 Weber DCOEs. If you look closely you'll see one very unusual modification. The crazy long chain was the death of the Cammer, they couldn't get them to work reliably. Jim solved this by modifying the covers and using a Gilmer belt instead of a chain.

 

That is completely, and utterly, bad-***!

 

That Phaeton was built in the 60's and traveled the show circuit often coming in 2nd to a Codington car. Jim HATES Codington, calls him a cheater, bribing judges and such. No idea what is true, Boyd and Jim are a lot alike, Boyd was just better at the self promotion. Jim figures if I build it they will come, Boyd figures if I sell it they will like it.





I forgot about this one, it's a 28 model A he liked to put around in. Pics of Jims cars are hard to come by, he keeps most of his stuff in his personal barn. The pic is small, but yes that is a Cammer shoehorned into a rather otherwise stock looking model A.







Last I knew of him he was traveling around showing his crackle car with a Cammer.

 

you probably posted this when i was editing my post, as soon as i hit submit i realized it was only a V6 and edited the post.
there was also a 430something and a 478. the 478 V6 was a very good engine, i had one in a medium duty truck. the 702 V12 was canceled at the end of 64. we ordered a firetruck with the V12, by the time it was built for 65 model year, the largest engine available was the 637 V8. and the 637 was a dog that would not get out of it's own way.

 

You guys will love this, this is Ford TRUCK Enthusiasts after all. I found pics of his '62 Slick with a Cammer. I didn't take these pics but when they were taken about 16 years ago, I was very likely just inside the door on the other side of the Suburban.