Went to the dark side boys

[chargervert]

Find an old drop top find a spot to pimp, cause i'ma a Kid Rockin up and down your block,with a bottle of scotch and rocks lots a crotch!

 

[hdwrench]

nice score !

 

[Dave6T4]

Those old Nail Valve Buick engines never idled very smoothly, compared to other GM motors. Because of the design of the heads to keep the engine narrow ( these new V-8's were going in a hole formerly occupied by a Straight 8), the valves were quite small. To get the engine to breathe at all as the displacement increased over the years, Buick engineers designed camshafts to open the valves quickly, and hold them open longer than normal. This is what a high performance cam did in other engines. Nail Heads always had a nice, lopey idle because of this.

 

[chargervert]

Those old Nail Valve Buick engines never idled very smoothly, compared to other GM motors. Because of the design of the heads to keep the engine narrow ( these new V-8's were going in a hole formerly occupied by a Straight 8), the valves were quite small. To get the engine to breathe at all as the displacement increased over the years, Buick engineers designed camshafts to open the valves quickly, and hold them open longer than normal. This is what a high performance cam did in other engines. Nail Heads always had a nice, lopey idle because of this.

When I was a kid,at the garage at the corner of my street,the guy was building a 32 Ford five window coupe with a Buick nailhead in it. It had a tunnel ram dual quad intake on it,and chrome open headers! He took me for a ride in it,using a pair of visegrips to steer it with. That nailhead with open headers had an amazingly unique sound to it!

 

[hanks73340]

Nice grab!. Glad you took it and will invest in it. Those drive real nice.

 

[maxwedgechar]

In 1969 I was working at a design office in Trenton, NJ. I of the designers was a Mopar guy. He told me about one of the guys that worked there had a '63 wildcat with "Multiple Carburation"! He lived on the Jersey Shore and would drive home on the Garden State Parkway at about 120 give or take. The State Troopers knew he was out there but were doing something when he went through. The New Jersey State Police were running New Yorkers w1th 350 horse 413s on the Garden State. One night he was out there and here comes headlights in the other lane. It was one of the New Yorkers! I do not know what they got him for but he traded the Wildcat for a 300K with Rams!
My best friend's father bought a new '64 Deuce and a Quarter. Must have been a Monday morning/Friday afternoon car! nothing fit right. He always insisted it fell off the truck. He traded it for a '68 Olds 98 Luxury Sedan!

 

[Cojohnso1]

OMG! What is that red monstrosity? Is it a Fury that's sick? Can anything be done? My dad owned a '69 Buick Wildcat that looked something like that. They were dark times in my life. The gas gauge out ran the tachometer with that 430.

But in all seriousness. There are certainly alot worse cars than the Wildcat. Hope it brings joy of days gone past.

 

[dart4forte]

The aluminum engines were put in the small Buick Specials. Only 215 c.i., they were never put into the big cars. The tooling was eventually sold to BMC in England, and was used in a lot of things over there. Notably, the Rover 3500, Triumph Stag, V-8 Morgan, and MG. The engine was compact and light, just the thing for British sports cars.

The aluminum 215s were real popular with the Jeep crowd. Perfect combo in a CJ5

 

[68BabyBlue]

My best friend's father bought a new '64 Deuce and a Quarter. Must have been a Monday morning/Friday afternoon car! nothing fit right. He always insisted it fell off the truck. He traded it for a '68 Olds 98 Luxury Sedan!

In 1963, a friend of my mom's got a '61 Electra as a hand me down from her well to do parents. That Buick was the quietest, most well constructed vehicle I ever encountered among my parents' circle of friends, really left an impression on me. In 1969, the '61 was replaced with a '63, also a hand me down from the parents. Build quality was nowhere in the same league, both the parents and the daughter said they should never have let the '61 get away. Interesting to see the variance in build quality back then, even in an upscale brand like Buick.

 

[Photon440]

The aluminum engines were put in the small Buick Specials. Only 215 c.i., they were never put into the big cars. The tooling was eventually sold to BMC in England, and was used in a lot of things over there. Notably, the Rover 3500, Triumph Stag, V-8 Morgan, and MG. The engine was compact and light, just the thing for British sports cars.

As well as the Buick Skylark, Oldsmobile also had a version of that 215 (slightly different heads) and put it in the F-85 Cutlass. Pontiac used the Olds version in their Tempest. Oldsmobile also offered a turbocharged version, with a Garret T5 turbocharger using water/methanol injection to cool the intake air.

 

[chargervert]

My friend bought a 70 Buick Electra deuce and a quarter with the 370 hp 455 in it. He saved the engine and 400 trans. He was going to put it in a 67 GS that he just bought,but he says the 340 runs so good,he doesn't want to take it apart.

 

[eldubb440]

neighbor had a 225 two door........ I replaced the timing chain and put an aluminum intake and edelbrock on it.....it pulled very hard for a big boat

 

[Dave6T4]

My friend bought a 70 Buick Electra deuce and a quarter with the 370 hp 455 in it. He saved the engine and 400 trans. He was going to put it in a 67 GS that he just bought,but he says the 340 runs so good,he doesn't want to take it apart.

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Nice '67 GS pillared coupe. You don't see those every day. I had a '70 Wildcat with that 370 h.p. 455; it was stupid torquey with 510 ft. lb. He owes it to himself to do it. If I didn't have Mopars, I would have Buicks! I missed out on a '70 GS. 455 once, and still regret it.

 

[chargervert]

Nice '67 GS pillared coupe. You don't see those every day. I had a '70 Wildcat with that 370 h.p. 455; it was stupid torquey with 510 ft. lb. He owes it to himself to do it. If I didn't have Mopars, I would have Buicks! I missed out on a '70 GS. 455 once, and still regret it.

The car is a California GS post coupe model. I spotted the car for sale on the local Craigslist,and he went and bought it and a 73 Z28 Camaro from the same seller. He has a 69 GS 400 Stage 1 convertible too. That car has a 70 Stage 1 455 in it. He has Mopars too,about 35 of them!