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Rallye455
12-03-2011, 11:34 AM
This time last year I was about ready to fire up the Olds 455 in my project car. A few turns and almost a year later the car has a BBC instead that is almost finidhed. I just need to figure out the front accesory drives. Here are a couple pics of the new powerplant.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/31/632pics023.jpg/)
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/6/632pics015.jpg/)
Rallye455
12-03-2011, 11:48 AM
Not a great pic but here is one of the partially finished dash.
https://static1.pt-content.com/images/noimg.gif (http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/846/442inside004.jpg/)
BulldawgMusclecars
12-03-2011, 01:56 PM
Nice!
deejai35
12-03-2011, 05:42 PM
Dash and power plant look great. What prompted the switch to the BBC?
Rallye455
12-03-2011, 06:44 PM
Originally I wanted to run a BBC but came across a good deal on a complete rebuilt Olds 455 that had been converted to FI and had a serpentine belt setup. It looked really impressive. Well, we had a few problems before ever firing the Olds so one thing led to another and I decided to just sell it in pieces and build what I really wanted.