Engine Break-in of Rare 1949 Kurtis Sport Car at Manns Restoration

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This is the first start-up of the freshly rebuilt 331 Cadillac V8, in the rare 1949 Kurtis Sport Car. This is just the very end of the break-in procedure, but as you can …

[kenny baird]

Prelude to the Shelby Cobra?

[not2fast4u2c]

Man would not it be Cool to have one of these engines in like a 1950 Chevy pickup with the factory 4-speed and low geared 3/4 ton rear end ..What a torque monster that would be..It is sad to know that there are still engines like these rotting away in some old junkyard

[trainroomgary]

Like: The engine sounds great, classic power. 🚂

[southernfriedhippie]

331 is a hard engine to find these days. This caddy sounds nice and healthy. Great job!

[Whitey]

Nice ! I always wanted a 55 Chevy pick-up with one of the early Cadillac V-8's. That is a rare find, and thank you for sharing Jeff!!

[Bruce Boschek]

Frank Kurtis built many hundred Offenhauser powered midgets and quarter-midgets. His company was called Kurtis Kraft and started in the 1930s, I believe. I thought his sports cars were Ford powered. That is an interesting looking one. Will be looking forward to seeing more about it. Thanks for letting us take a look!

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