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of other GM divisions, but they are entirely different designs. Buick Nailhead V8s can be distinguished by the top surfaces of their valve covers being...

Atlas engine 1953-56 Nailheads have a unique round-shaped bellhousing that looks almost the same as bells for the later 1957-66 Nailhead, but in fact the...

or both ends, which is driven into the wood by a hammer to capture the nailhead. Essentially, it is a smaller, more ergonomic, purpose-designed crowbar...

[citation needed][original research?] The Buick V8 engine, nicknamed the Nailhead because of its relatively small intake and exhaust valves which resembled...

known as hairy balls, balloonplant, balloon cotton-bush, bishop's balls, nailhead, or swan plant, is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae, related...

with a high-performance 325 hp (242 kW) version of the 401 cu in (6.6 L) Nailhead V8, known as the "Wildcat 445" for producing 445 lb⋅ft (603 N⋅m) of torque...

introduction might take sales away because Buick was introducing the new nailhead V8 in 1953. In 1954, Pontiac continued to build upon the design and engineering...

produced 325 hp (242 kW) and 445 lb·ft (603 Nm) and was known as the "nailhead" engine. Buick sold more than 15,000 Skylarks with the Gran Sport option...

Firepower engine, the Studebaker's 1952 V8 engine, the 1953–1966 Buick Nailhead engine, the 1954–2002 Chevrolet small-block engine, the 1954–1963 Lincoln...

balance of comfort and agility. Buick's 325 hp (242 kW) 401 cu in (6.6 L) "Nailhead" V-8 was initially the only available engine, fitted with dual exhaust...

Petticoat Junction. In the late 1950s, Ivo raced a twin (side by side) Buick nailhead-engined dragster which was the first gasoline-powered dragster to break...

Cadillac OHV V8 engines, introduced in the 1949 model year, the Buick "Nailhead" engine introduced in the 1953 model year, and the OHV V8 Chrysler Hemi...

Oldsmobile Rocket V8 1953–1976 Buick Fireball V8 (also referred to as "Nailhead") & Buick Big-Block V8 1955–2003 Chevrolet Small-Block V8 "Generation I"...

was introduced for 1953, Buick's Golden Anniversary year. Although the Nailhead (as it was popularly called) was nearly identical in displacement to the...

succeeded in delaying its launch until 1955 to avoid upstaging their "Nailhead" Buick V8. Partially because of competition from Chevrolet, Oldsmobile...

and home-built, using period-correct components ranging from flathead to nailhead engines, wide whitewall tires to skinny blackwall bias-plies, and black...

as an enemy in the game's Solar Eclipse event. He has been renamed to "Nailhead" and possesses the ability to launch nails at the player. [Pinhead] was...

"dogtooth spar" while the rhombohedral form is sometimes referred to as "nailhead spar". The rhombohedral form may also have been the "sunstone" whose use...

was gone. Engine displacement was increased to 364 cu in (6.0 L) on the Nailhead V8. Nevertheless, sales fell to 70,250, the lowest level with the exception...

5 mm) 5 in (127 mm) Valvetrain OHV Output Power output 120–168 hp (89–125 kW) Chronology Predecessor Buick straight-6 engine Successor Buick Nailhead V8...