This first-generation Buick V8 displaced 322 cubic inches, and was called the Fireball V8. At least, that was its original name. The Fireball later came to be better known as the Nailhead because ...

You’ve reached your account maximum for followed topics. Roughly half a century ago, Buick's name was virtually synonymous with the V8, along with several other American manufacturers of the time.

The 1953 Buick Skylark was powered by the new 322 cubic-inch Fireball Nailhead V8 that replaced the Buick Straight 8. Backing the new 188-horsepower Fireball was the Dynaflow automatic ...