Big Block Cutlass

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   A neighbor's one owner '77 Cutlass with 28K miles on it was almost my first car in high school.   Unfortunately it still had the original oil in Oldsmobile 350, and I wanted to swap an SBC in it.

That interior, though.

I like these. One autocrosses regularly in my region, has been in their family since new.

Dude. That's beautiful. A twin to my first car, minus the 455 swap. I got a lot of mileage out of those seats, front and rear.

My wife had a 77 Cutlass with the Rocket 350 4v.  Now THAT was a good car, but she wanted to sell when babies started coming along. 

That is not a bad deal if it isn't hiding rust.  Clean Cutlasses around here that haven't been hooptied are rare.   

He shoulda included a pic of the engine.        

If you’re going to throw a 455 in there, why not use the one that ran.  The Buick!  

But I would have found a Caddy.

Mom had a 76 Electra 225 that she put into a ditch swerving to miss a deer. It bent the frame, but she was still able to drive it home. A friend of a friend bought it & swapped th 455 into his Cutlass just like this. 

I got yelled at once for calling a 455 a big block, Oldsmobile doesn't make a big block.  455s are more like a tall deck block, as a 351 is to a 302.  Not at all like a BBC to a SBC.

One fella called the 455 a wide block, which is more fitting.

A 401 CJ said:

If you’re going to throw a 455 in there, why not use the one that ran.  The Buick!  

That is something good to know.    

These are such good looking cars. I’ve had a crush on them since I was a kid. 

Jailhouse Rock was on the factory 8-track demo tape.  I know because my mom and her friend kept playing it over and over again one August day in 1977.  The day I learned who this Elvis guy was they kept talking about.  I was 7.  

You have to make an effort to repeat a song on 8 track.

Useless trivia time.

What do the '76/'77 Cutlass and the Mazda Miata have in common beyond both being autombilies?

Type Q said:

Useless trivia time.

What do the '76/'77 Cutlass and the Mazda Miata have in common beyond both being autombilies?

Nothing .