47 Swap?

HaaseHaase Posts: 3Member
in Street Rods
Just getting started fixing up a 47 Commodore 8, but don't think the engine/trans will be rebuildable. Want something we can just hop on the highway and visit family so considering the idea of swapping in either a new driveline or even a full chassis swap (probably not). Has anybody done a similar swap with good results? 

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  • 50C8DAN50C8DAN Posts: 2,598Senior Contributor
    First, why don't you think the H8 is rebuildable?  

    Here is a thread I started as an option. 

    https://forum.hetclub.org/discussion/367011/if-you-must-go-with-other-than-hudson-power#latest


  • HaaseHaase Posts: 3Member
    Didnt see that, thanks! It has been sitting partway taken apart next to the car outside for over a decade so it got weathered quite a bit. 
  • scar426scar426 Posts: 40Member
    I put a 5.7L Hemi in my '47 Super 6. Stock frame boxed, with air ride. I did 4link the rear with a '06 mustang rear end. only slight modification to the fire wall (honestly could have just dented it in a bit) and modified the trans cover to fit the 545rfe auto transmission.
  • 50C8DAN50C8DAN Posts: 2,598Senior Contributor
    Don't toss the H8 as someone may be interested in the parts

  • HaaseHaase Posts: 3Member
    Oh yeah, never throw anything good away. Any parts that are still useable after a deeper look will go into the giveaway pile. 

    And that sounds like quite the swap @scar426. Lets me know that if I want to go big it is an option as long as I think things through in advance like boxing the frame. Thanks!
  • cheyenne7271cheyenne7271 Posts: 450Member
    Why not a running Hudson big 6 engine? They get on the highway just fine to go see family and have for years. Then you still have a Hudson and if you want to rebuild the 8 and out in at a later time you can. 
    51 Hornet Club Coupe
    51 Hornet Sedan
    51 Commodore Six Club Coupe
    50 Pacemaker Deluxe R.I.P. (burned and destroyed in building fire)
    49 Super Six Sedan
  • Courtesy ManCourtesy Man Posts: 226Expert Adviser
    In my Hudson 1947 pu I put in a 1956 Hornet 308 with 3 speed and overdrive. The rear axle was a 1971 Cougar 9 inch with 3:50  to 1 gears. I had it clocked at 80 mph. Drove 
    it all over the Western US. 
  • Uncle JoshUncle Josh Posts: 2,689Senior Contributor
    I could use the H8 crankshaft as I have a couple of bare blocks and the rest of the parts to make a motor.

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