Okay, this should clear this up:
Quoting from Paul Zazarine and Chuck Roberts' "Pontiac GTO Restoration Guide 1964-1972" as follows:
"Pontiac Service News Flash number 64-16 (10-18-63) and 65-53 (12-22-64) verified that the oil capacity on all V-8 engines should be five quarts-six quarts with a filter change. Some 1964 models were manufactured with a four-quart dipstick; the five quart dipstick, part number 9776085 (code MF), should be installed. It is easily identified by the five-quart tag on the handle."
My first car was a 64 Lemans with a 326 that registered full after adding only five quarts (including changing the filter), but the 64 Lemans that my son now owns takes six quarts to fill it up to the full line on the dipstick. So all those years I was actually running my Lemans a quart low.
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