28 May 97 09:38, Hey Rocky! Jack Schwendener pulled 396 outta his hat!:
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 RW> JS>> It would be nice to slide that J-2 into a nice '49 Olds coupe
 RW> JS>> ....
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 RW>> When I was a senior in high school, I had a 49 Olds business coupe.
 RW>> That was the smallest sedan body that GM made.  The back seat was
 RW>> nothing more than an ornament.  Anyway, after graduation, I put a 53
 RW>> engine and 37 La Salle tranny in it.
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 JS> So you took out that weenie 303 inch motor and dropped in the "big"
 JS> 324 incher ....     :-) The business coupe was my favorite model ....
Uh, no!  It was a 76, not an 88...:)  Originally it had a flat head six 
cylinder, 3 on the column...went straight to the 324 from there..
 JS> Yup, the Olds coupe was pretty fast for it's time. In the 60's you
 JS> just dropped in a 394 and they were still fast (until the rat motor
 JS> started getting available ..... ) A guy I knew had a '50 coupe with a
 JS> 394 and a Jimmy 4-71 blower, and a stock hood .... !    ;-) That car
 JS> embarassed a lot of people .... Today I'd like to drop in a 455 and a
 JS> turbo 400, just for a cruiser ....
 That'd be the cat's meow...wonder how high that 455  would lift the rear end 
under power?
... 96 NASCAR Manufacturers' Champion: Chevrolet 17wins 17poles
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