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Originally Posted by Pontiac62
My best daily driver was a 77 Olds Cutlass Supreme Brougham. Drove it for 20 years. Never had the transmission open. Never touched the carburetor. Other than normal maintenance items, the only part on the engine that was replaced was the water pump.
Sold it when I retired, It had 250,000 miles on it. The A/C had never been charged and still worked great
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Still have the original untouched lower end in my engine (Olds 350/4V) Had to replace some gaskets over the years but all the mechanicals are still intact. Run Marvel mystery oil in it. Had Transmission rebuilt once and a Trans go kit installed. Installed new bearing in rear end once, but original gears are still in there. Has 483,000 on it and still doesn't smoke, and has enough power to still break the tires loose for a little bit. Not an isolated event either. My brother had a car just like this some years ago and had about 275,000 on it when he sold it, and it still ran well.(Same engine- Olds 350).