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- 1987
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- Ford
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- 2.9 V6
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- 177 CID
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What a find....
Me and my buddy was pushing snow eariler today and the battery died (due to unknown alt failure) in the plow truck. We asked the guy we were pushing for if he had a a few wrenchs we could use to pull the alt out. He said sure and pointed us towards his barn.....
In his barn.....there was some kind of big oldsmobile.....im not sure what it was, it was stripped of all emblems and im not familer with big old's. Curosity got the best of me and i asked if i could look it over.....he said sure.....first thing i did was open that big ol heavy hood....
there it was in all its glory a 455 rocket V8.
Of course the next question out of my mouth was "Does it run" and the next one was "would you sell it?"......It does run....somewhat, and hes unsure if he'll sell it or not.
My question to you is.....
Ive heard great things about the amount of power these olds Rocket engines had, are they really what people say they are?
Are parts hard to come by?
Are they worth anything?
I know next to nothing.....just what ive heard. Not that i need another project as my 69 Charger is sitting in the barn with a cooked 440....but if its worth something and i can get it at a decent price.....would it be worth picking up? Even if it is just for the engine?
later,
Dustin
Me and my buddy was pushing snow eariler today and the battery died (due to unknown alt failure) in the plow truck. We asked the guy we were pushing for if he had a a few wrenchs we could use to pull the alt out. He said sure and pointed us towards his barn.....
In his barn.....there was some kind of big oldsmobile.....im not sure what it was, it was stripped of all emblems and im not familer with big old's. Curosity got the best of me and i asked if i could look it over.....he said sure.....first thing i did was open that big ol heavy hood....
there it was in all its glory a 455 rocket V8.
Of course the next question out of my mouth was "Does it run" and the next one was "would you sell it?"......It does run....somewhat, and hes unsure if he'll sell it or not.
My question to you is.....
Ive heard great things about the amount of power these olds Rocket engines had, are they really what people say they are?
Are parts hard to come by?
Are they worth anything?
I know next to nothing.....just what ive heard. Not that i need another project as my 69 Charger is sitting in the barn with a cooked 440....but if its worth something and i can get it at a decent price.....would it be worth picking up? Even if it is just for the engine?
later,
Dustin