Originally Posted by tclederman
How did a GMC 302 (or, 270) match-up against those 239->252 V-8 Fords?

There were thousands of 270 GMC's available in the 1950's, surplus from salvaged military 6X6 trucks. They were bigger than all but the highly modified flatheads, and a lot of them found their way to dirt tracks. They did very well on long, high banked tracks where they could stay wound up. Coming off the turns on shorter, flatter tracks, they got so much wheelspin from low end torque that the the Fords were halfway down the straightaway before the Jimmys got hooked up!

Tadd, any good gun shop will have a big assortment of cleaning rods and brushes, or shop one of the online suppliers like Midway USA under "cleaning supplies". Another source for military surplus cleaning rods and brushes is the Numrich Arms website, AKA "Gun Parts Co."
Jerry



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