Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

I RESEMBLE THAT!
God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/

Earle Horton wrote:
>
> Lol. I knew it was one of those old people cars.
>
> Earle

Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

HEY!!! I went through a "family car" stage with Olds Cutlasses--78-83 or
so--bought from one of the named dealers in the "Chevmobile" case, no less!

Paul B.
01 XJ

Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

Approximately 8/12/03 16:12, PLB49 uttered for posterity:

> HEY!!! I went through a "family car" stage with Olds Cutlasses--78-83 or
> so--bought from one of the named dealers in the "Chevmobile" case, no less!
>

I too have had "family cars". A very nice 1966 Corvair Corsa turbo
and a 1966 SS427 Impala taken to 466 cubes with 454 LS6 cam, headers,
glasspacks, headers, airbag spring helpers, big fat Dunlop radials,
etc. Not quite Addams Family, but all a struggling young missile
defense contractor could afford.

Re: 7 slot grilles ...
 

Yep, Olds heavily advertised their "Rocket V-8" engines.

Tom

"Lon Stowell" <lon.stowell@comcast.net> wrote in message
news:VsOdnWphm-0l2qSiXTWJhQ@comcast.com...
> I thought the first big flap was putting the Chev 350 blocks into
> the Olds when they ran out. There was a big class action lawsuit
> from it, mostly based on the old Oldsmobile advertising for their
> "positive valve rotation" that was claimed to prolong the life
> of engine valves compared to engines without it. Dimly recall
> that the result of the lawsuit to buyers was mostly discount
> certificates.... one discount on a new Olds if you win the
> lawsuit, *two* discount certificates on a new Olds if you
> *lose* the lawsuit.
>
>
> Approximately 8/12/03 06:44, Earle Horton uttered for posterity:
>
> > Remember the first time GM put Chevrolet engines in Buicks and Pontiacs
> > because of a shortage? ---- hit the fan after that.
> >
> > Earle
> >
> > "L.W. (ßill) ------ III" <----------@cox.net> wrote in message
> > news:3F387EE3.3D481C92@cox.net...
> >> You wrote, "basically the same cars for most of their history"
> >> which tells me you weren't even born when they rolled off the assembly
> >> line. Just open any auto repair book. And just in case you see the
> >> Firebird 400", it's not the Chevy small block.
> >> God Bless America, ßill O|||||||O
> >> mailto:-------------------- http://www.----------.com/
> >>
> >> Simon Juncal wrote:
> >> >
> >> > The muscle car era wasn't 1985, currently they share the same LS1
> >> > engine, same 6 speed tranny, same chassis, sure there was more
variation
> >> > in the 80's but just look at them, same platform... lots of parts
that
> >> > are the same.
> >
> >
>