1963 Oldsmobile Super 88 Fiesta

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  1. jwdtenn

    jwdtenn Well-Known Member

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    jwdtenn, Apr 21, 2017
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    As beautiful as the car is, it loses something, in my opinion, when it no longer has its original engine. As much as anything else, that's what made it a '63 Olds.
     
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    The woodgrain in the interior looks nice but it isn't OEM is it?
     
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    cammerjeff Longroofs Rule!

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    I agree, this car has been posted at least once before. I remember thinking the same thing about the engine transplant, I think someone just took the easy way out on the engine, they probably had a running 73 350 in the barn or a parts car. Cheaper and easier than repairing the damaged original Olds 394. I suspect the car does not drive as well with the smaller and lower compression 73 Olds 350.

    But at least it is an Olds engine not a 350 Chevy, or LS conversion.
     
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    Krash Kadillak Well-Known Member

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    Nope, but it would have had a contrasting upholstery pattern in place of the wood grain. Here's a stock interior from a sedan:
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    Krash Kadillak, Apr 22, 2017
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