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6 Harley-Davidson engine nicknames and the parts that inspired them
Riders named many generations of Harley-Davidson’s V-twin for the way the top of the engine looks. Knucklehead, Panhead and Shovelhead were never factory model names. Instead, each Harley engine…
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5 Buick Nailhead displacements and the cars that carried them
The first-generation Buick Nailhead V8, named for its small upright valves, ran from 1953 through 1966 in five displacements. They ranged between 264 and 425 cubic inches. However, there…
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7 Oldsmobile 4-4-2 engines and what the numbers meant each year
Oldsmobile’s 4-4-2 started in 1964 as an option package on a 330-cubic-inch Cutlass. By the end of its first muscle-car era, it had a 455 under the hood. Along…
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8 engines Plymouth offered in the Road Runner from 1968 to 1974
Plymouth built the Road Runner for 1968 as a low-priced intermediate with a big-block as standard equipment. After that, the Plymouth Road Runner engine list changed almost every fall…
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