{"id":107361,"date":"2023-11-09T06:00:19","date_gmt":"2023-11-09T12:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=107361"},"modified":"2023-11-08T22:36:59","modified_gmt":"2023-11-09T04:36:59","slug":"1955-ford-tudor-with-a-302-ci-v8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=107361","title":{"rendered":"1955 Ford Tudor with a 302 ci V8"},"content":{"rendered":"

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American Gasser<\/a> built this 1955 Ford Tudor from the ground up at their company in Saginaw, Michigan. Under the hood sits a 302 ci Ford V8 built by ATK High Performance Engines<\/a> in Grand Prairie, Texas. The motor features a Fitech Go Street throttle body and Be Cool radiator Behind that is an AOD four-speed automatic transmission and 8.8-inch rear end from a 1994 Mustang. American Gasser also installed Unisteer Performance Products steering rack and disc brakes front and rear. <\/p>\n

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Source: American Gasser<\/a> (project page)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

American Gasser built this 1955 Ford Tudor from the ground up at their company in Saginaw, Michigan. Under the hood sits a 302 ci Ford V8 built by ATK High Performance Engines in Grand Prairie, Texas. The motor features a Fitech Go Street throttle body and Be Cool radiator Behind that is an AOD four-speed… Read More »1955 Ford Tudor with a 302 ci V8<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":107363,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"off","neve_meta_content_width":70,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-ford"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/engineswapdepot.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1955-Ford-Tudor-with-a-302-ci-V8-01.jpg?fit=1440%2C1080&ssl=1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":117757,"url":"https:\/\/engineswapdepot.com\/?p=117757","url_meta":{"origin":107361,"position":0},"title":"Buick Regal with a 454 ci LSX V8","author":"swaptastic","date":"July 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"American Gasser was tasked with upgrading the powertrain and suspension on this Buick Regal T-Type. 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