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Originally Posted by sdbob

1974,40k. I ordered car, non air or power,waited 5mos.Drove it to Norwalk at least 12 times,showed Sat,raced Sunday then drove it home.The other is a put together car. Now for the unbelievable story. Back in 75 I needed a distributor for my 65 Lemans. So went to local salvage yard.got to scrap pile started rolling over blocks saw Pontiac oil pan,grabbed distributor. Here it was a sleeved distributor, I thought RA V OR SD455. Block,8 rods pistons oil pump there. So I walked in side said how much for junk Pontiac block,he we got to get 35.00,I hymmed,i dont know,ah ok. The block was an SR with a sleeve in # 5.strange!! Bored .030 with new crank ,pistons same rods.Found used 73 SD heads and intake,new 455 crank.Have over 200 runs on engine. Me building in backyard I call it,3800lb 2nd gen,73, car ,stock GM parts. 3200 stall,3.73,12 teens,110.Around here. I know more cam and springs will wake it up but it doesnt cost much to run.

Great story! Junk yard finds were always a lot of fun. Too bad it's a lost pastime. At least around here, junk yards have gone the way of the dodo bird in NJ.