Thread: What Was Your First Big Block Car ?

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...1st a '65 Plymouth Belvedere I w/ a 383 & a Torqueflight {I think this was a big block?}. Then a '66 GTO 389 4 speed, then a '68 VW bug {was this a big block? , then a '69 Chev Nova SS w/ a 396 & M22 4 speed. I told the salesman I wanted a 427 in it & he ordered it but then said he was told he couldn't get it.... I guess he didn't know the COPO #??? Bill

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

56 Ford with a 406 and a 4 speed

dave do tell, i am interested in learning about those motors

1968 roadrunner with a hemi and 4 banger ! sold it in 1983 for 6 grand !!! sheesh if i only knew what was gonna happen...

67 Mustang fastback 390 4sp. Out came the 390 and 28 spline rear and a 428CJ and 31 spline N case rear went in. Later I built a 427 off a used marine block and in it went. At any given time I'd have 4-5 big block cars. This was back in the day when things were cheap!! LOL. No so anymore.

My first at the ripe age of 51 is a 390 4 spd 67 Mustang Fastback . Rasing a family at 20 took most my priority's as most know of that .

76 Cadillac with 502 I bought for $600 in '95... A great car and very formidible land barge with the poor mans turbo charger (air box lid upside down ) Sounded sweet and hauled the mail. It was pretty beat up when I bought it and I ended up crashing it into a field and it caught fire and burnt it up after owning it not much more than a month . After repairing the functional fire damage it was a really mean looking scorched up car. Driving on the turnpike in rush hour was like moses parting the red sea It was also just the right size to put a high beam in each side view mirror of most vehicles

My first....a 71 Camaro. Man I miss that thing now. LOL's

'64 Plymouth Sport Fury 426 street wedge

61 ford Fairlane 390, 4spd, altered wheelbase, straight front axle. Wouldn't drive worth a crap, bounced all over the road, but it was the thing to do back in the day.

Originally Posted by 383 chev

whats a big block?

Its a funnel that is shaped like an engine. You poor the gas in the hole on top and if you remembered to put a pale at the end of the pipes you might get some back.

Its a gas stations best friend.

I bought a 1969 torino in high school with 428SCJ, 4 speed, 390 posi.....it would boil the rear tires OFF.... this was when good gas was costing me $.46 per gallon........them were the days!!

Regs

70 Chevelle SS396........later put an LS6 454 in it.

1970 1/2 camaro split bumper with the 402 big block

then a 76 chev shortbox truck with a 454

God i miss that camaro

Brian kc0kfg

1966 chev panel truck
1950 chev four door fleetline

I never got a Big block car.I always dreamed of a big block Dart.

I finally found a 440 for my 70 Dart.

494 all aluminum block in a black '58 Impala Ragtop drag car..
Then a 877 inch Pro Mod blown on juice