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Longhorn Man · 04-18-2002, 11:49 PM

We have Pontiacs goin into them, Caddy 500's, a truck that has had a caddy, then an olds... My horniac has a pontiac 350...so what's the senses? Who thinks it's ok to do something like this?
If it is ok to do any of these swaps, why would we all kill some one if they put a ford engine in one...even an old school built like they shoulda been built kickin @ss 427 SOHC Ford. (I'd like to see that personally)

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O'l Buck · 04-18-2002, 11:53 PM

I don't see a problem with repowering with Olds, Pontiac or Caddy, but I do have a problem with a F*@d motor. Granted, big power is big power and the 427-429 cj was one he!! of an engine, but it's just not natural in a chevy. Now, let's see one of those monsters in a 32 model A coupe!! or pickup.

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Ol' Buck: '72 Chevy 1/2T 4x4 shortbox stepside 350/350auto on '84
ralleys and 31/10.5s

Angel girl: 67 Cutlass convertible
330, 3spd stick

Greener: 90 GMC Jimmy
350/auto
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Orleans,NE

no name yet: 72 442 under serious construction

69 longhorn · 04-19-2002, 07:44 AM

a ford cammer would be wild in anything that you put it in! How about a chrysler hemi? I had a 401 AMC that i pulled from a jeep waogneer,asked a bud if he wanted it for his cj5........my wife told him that he better take it home,before I got a wild hair ,& put it in my truck! What the he!! ,it ran good. Cross breeds do get some guys a little excited,the chev boys love my V8 chev powered Ford ranger.....but the F%^d boys tell me that I ruined a good truck! hehe its all in what you want,you arent building it for somebody else.....69 longhorn.

billogna · 04-19-2002, 08:13 AM

I don't think it's natural to mix and match ford with GM. I don't like to see Ford engines in Chevs any more than Chev engines in old Fords. Just doesn't seem right. Maybe it's racism, but I think it's cool to have Pontiac, Olds, Buick, or Caddy stuff in a Chevy. I think Pontiacs have the coolest looking engines and wish I could have kept my Catalina. Last year I saw a Chevelle at a swap meet w/ a Hemi in it, and I thought that was odd, but I would have loved to have that Hemi. I have Pontiac door handles, window cranks, and 12" GTO mirror in my Chevy truck, so I guess I'm no purist.

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'69 Chevy Custom/10 SB
'74 GMC Suburban 4x4
'66 Mustang Sprint
'77 Sportster

Maximum Overdrive · 04-19-2002, 08:54 AM

Sorry to tell you but the reason that one should not put a f*rd engine in a chevy is like a fat girl should not wear a thong. It just doesn't look good or right.

Project1970 · 04-19-2002, 09:11 AM

*chuckle* True that.

I also agree, anything with a 427 SOHC is a monster. A few years ago, one of my dad's friends built an ERA Cobra with one of those engines...and I got to ride in it for a short bit...whoa...that's all I've got to say...whoa...

And then it puked coolant all over my driveway.

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Zumo · 04-19-2002, 09:20 AM

This is just an observation but I seem to notice a lot of 50's f100 with big block Chevys in them. Why don't you ever see a Chevy with a Ford engine?

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stllookn · 04-19-2002, 09:31 AM

Transplanting a Pontiac, Caddy or Olds is at least keeping it in the GM family...sort of like an organ donor. Going outside the family greatly increases the risk of "rejection"! God only knows what kinds of weird fasteners, fluids and electrons those Fords and Dodges have running around in them. My Ford 1 t. even has some metric fasteners! There is just not a self-respecting mechanic on the face of the earth that would risk altering the Cosmos by mixing these breeds! You don't spit into the wind, you don't tug on Superman's cape and you don't put a Ford or Dodge motor into a '67 - '72 Chev or GM pickup!

Big69C20 Toy · 04-19-2002, 09:51 AM

I hear what everyone is saying but i agree once again that it's all up to what you want. I've seen swaps in certain vehicles, they can be cool and very useful. There is a guy around town with a built 350 in a cj(5 or 7) and that thing will jump it's front end just from a bit of gas. However i dont see too many swaps into chevys. Mostly i see the guts of a chevy put elsewhere. If you've got a radical motor i say go for it, who cares what anyone things. I dont think i'd deny some stock Cosworth motor that i had sittin around my old job (pushin 800 ponies) even though it's a ford at the block. Just my 2 cents

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New Oak Bed With SS strips... damn nice.

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Stereo: Classic-style tape deck/radio, 2 6x9 Cerwin Vega's in doors, 2 10" Neo subs under seats, 1 900 Watt amp.

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**Desert Rat** · 04-19-2002, 10:16 AM

I dont mind a GM motor in a Chevy heck i had a 64 BelAir with a 455 Poncho,it kicked ass over a BBC,I should be into Pontiacs or Olds,i can buy those at junkyards all day long for $100,but when you mention a BBC everyplace says we have then but act like they are a piece of gold.But i do have a Ford Part on my truck,its the 1pc driveline.67's gonna get a Ford starter selenoid,Ford did a couple things right,actually i like some of the fords,but all their trucks are ugly,but i like that unibody one,but it would sport a BBC,but i like the Boss Mustangs,and 427 cars,and love the 63 1/2 Galaxie(but it reminds me of a Impala)for anyone interested in ford stuff there a 428 CJet motor in a local recyling center.I should ask how much,he sells me running BBC for $250-might be a good investment-hes a 73 up Chevy guy,so im sure i could get it cheap,its in a Torino out in the yard.

**68SWB4x4** · 04-19-2002, 10:54 AM

i saw a 72 with a oldsmobile engine in it at a show.... looked factory.... average person wouldnt have known that it didnt come in it....
ive seen a 55 chevy with a ford motor in it.... the guy proudly put FORD MOTORSPORT valve covers and blue ovals anywhere on the engine he could.... i think he did it just to piss chevy guys off

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busterwivell · 04-19-2002, 01:42 PM

You can do whatever you want to with your truck, it's yours. As for me, I wouldn't do it, anymore than I would date my ex-wife. But that's just me.

Pumkin Truck · 04-19-2002, 01:55 PM

imo i believe that people like myself put other engines(as long as their gm) into chevies because we see too many chevey engines around and want to be different i am putting my caddy in mine because i want to be different, but then again how many 18 year olds do you see driving a 69 orange truck, ussually it is a rice burner.

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Baradium · 04-19-2002, 02:29 PM

some of you already know about this, but there is a certian '71 Custom/10 that is going to be getting an IH powerplant in it in a little bit if someone doesn't buy it soon. If that doesn't happen it'll just be scrapped... which is really sad because it's essentially rust (and dent) free with an original 4.11 posi and bedside tool box.

Oh yeah, and it's in CA $750 IIRC with a complete running 455 along with it (he won't put it in the truck because it has a th400 with it and he doesn't want an auto).

[This message has been edited by Baradium (edited April 19, 2002).]

imaindianoutlaw · 04-19-2002, 05:45 PM

D. Rat, buy those 455's for a hundred! You can sell them for atleast $350 for a short block! Classical Pontiac .com!

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S. Williamsport PA

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1971 Rolling chassis

FOR SALE
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1965 Pontiac GTO
1956 Pontiac 2 dr

04-18-2002, 11:49 PM	#1
Longhorn Man its all about the +6 inches Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Hilliard Ohio Posts: 2,690	cross breeding our truck poll We have Pontiacs goin into them, Caddy 500's, a truck that has had a caddy, then an olds... My horniac has a pontiac 350...so what's the senses? Who thinks it's ok to do something like this? If it is ok to do any of these swaps, why would we all kill some one if they put a ford engine in one...even an old school built like they shoulda been built kickin @ss 427 SOHC Ford. (I'd like to see that personally) ------------------ '69 G.M.C. 350/350. Trying to clean up the left over damage from the Dope-Smokin-Old-Man I've been dubbed the Longhorn Freak/Fanatic/Expert, I just hope I can live up to it. FINALLY got the HORNIAC...a '70 one ton Longhorn with a Pontiac 350/350 and lots of 'personality'. Check out The Longhorn Webite. If you need a pic posted, E-mail me at longhornmail@yahoo.com Andy, in Columbus Ohio

04-18-2002, 11:53 PM	#2
O'l Buck Recovering Truck Driver Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Orleans, NE USA Posts: 1,883	I don't see a problem with repowering with Olds, Pontiac or Caddy, but I do have a problem with a F*@d motor. Granted, big power is big power and the 427-429 cj was one he!! of an engine, but it's just not natural in a chevy. Now, let's see one of those monsters in a 32 model A coupe!! or pickup. ------------------ Ol' Buck: '72 Chevy 1/2T 4x4 shortbox stepside 350/350auto on '84 ralleys and 31/10.5s Angel girl: 67 Cutlass convertible 330, 3spd stick Greener: 90 GMC Jimmy 350/auto Chad Stephens Orleans,NE no name yet: 72 442 under serious construction __________________ 67 K-20 350, SM465, Eaton rear, 4.56 no spin option 00 Dodge 2500 4x4, 24V cummins, 5 speed Chad South Central Nebraska

04-19-2002, 07:44 AM	#3
69 longhorn Registered User Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: rock island,il,usa Posts: 5,382	a ford cammer would be wild in anything that you put it in! How about a chrysler hemi? I had a 401 AMC that i pulled from a jeep waogneer,asked a bud if he wanted it for his cj5........my wife told him that he better take it home,before I got a wild hair ,& put it in my truck! What the he!! ,it ran good. Cross breeds do get some guys a little excited,the chev boys love my V8 chev powered Ford ranger.....but the F%^d boys tell me that I ruined a good truck! hehe its all in what you want,you arent building it for somebody else.....69 longhorn. __________________ http://community.webshots.com/user/hotrodhorn

04-19-2002, 08:13 AM	#4
billogna Registered User Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Choctaw, OK Posts: 235	I don't think it's natural to mix and match ford with GM. I don't like to see Ford engines in Chevs any more than Chev engines in old Fords. Just doesn't seem right. Maybe it's racism, but I think it's cool to have Pontiac, Olds, Buick, or Caddy stuff in a Chevy. I think Pontiacs have the coolest looking engines and wish I could have kept my Catalina. Last year I saw a Chevelle at a swap meet w/ a Hemi in it, and I thought that was odd, but I would have loved to have that Hemi. I have Pontiac door handles, window cranks, and 12" GTO mirror in my Chevy truck, so I guess I'm no purist. ------------------ '69 Chevy Custom/10 SB '74 GMC Suburban 4x4 '66 Mustang Sprint '77 Sportster __________________ '69 Chev Cust/10 swb, 350/700R4, 5"/6" '70 Chev C10 swb, 67 front, 454/700r4, 4"/5" '73 Chev stepper, 350/3 spd '84 Chev K20 350/4 spd '91 GMC 1500 Suburban 4x4, 350/700R4

04-19-2002, 08:54 AM	#5
Maximum Overdrive December 21, 2012 Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Black Eagle, Montana Posts: 1,633	Sorry to tell you but the reason that one should not put a frd engine in a chevy is like a fat girl should not wear a thong. It just doesn't look good or right. __________________ "!Ama Sua, Ama Kjella, Ama Lllulla!"*

04-19-2002, 09:11 AM	#6
Project1970 14.1 @ 96MPH Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Mesa, AZ Posts: 2,811	chuckle True that. I also agree, anything with a 427 SOHC is a monster. A few years ago, one of my dad's friends built an ERA Cobra with one of those engines...and I got to ride in it for a short bit...whoa...that's all I've got to say...whoa... And then it puked coolant all over my driveway. ------------------ Project 1970 - soon to be seen at http://milhouse.treylis.org:81/ __________________ Project1970 - LS1 Swap Complete!

04-19-2002, 09:20 AM	#7
Zumo Hot Rods For Life Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Waxahachie, TX Posts: 3,305	This is just an observation but I seem to notice a lot of 50's f100 with big block Chevys in them. Why don't you ever see a Chevy with a Ford engine? ------------------ Zumo 1968 C10 LWB Dallas, Texas My Website __________________ 1968 C10 LWB **SOLD* Andy Viva Los Bicicletas! Los Muertos Custom Bicycles

04-19-2002, 09:31 AM	#8
stllookn Saving 1 truck at a time! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Kent, WA Posts: 6,465	Transplanting a Pontiac, Caddy or Olds is at least keeping it in the GM family...sort of like an organ donor. Going outside the family greatly increases the risk of "rejection"! God only knows what kinds of weird fasteners, fluids and electrons those Fords and Dodges have running around in them. My Ford 1 t. even has some metric fasteners! There is just not a self-respecting mechanic on the face of the earth that would risk altering the Cosmos by mixing these breeds! You don't spit into the wind, you don't tug on Superman's cape and you don't put a Ford or Dodge motor into a '67 - '72 Chev or GM pickup! __________________ '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 400/TH400 '68 C20 Longhorn 50th Anniversary 468/TH400w/buckets '72 C20 Halfhorn (Longhorn w/o cab and front clip) '69 Flxible Cruiser (look up ugly in the dictionary)

04-19-2002, 09:51 AM	#9
Big69C20 Toy Livin' it up. Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Richland, MI Posts: 2,212	I hear what everyone is saying but i agree once again that it's all up to what you want. I've seen swaps in certain vehicles, they can be cool and very useful. There is a guy around town with a built 350 in a cj(5 or 7) and that thing will jump it's front end just from a bit of gas. However i dont see too many swaps into chevys. Mostly i see the guts of a chevy put elsewhere. If you've got a radical motor i say go for it, who cares what anyone things. I dont think i'd deny some stock Cosworth motor that i had sittin around my old job (pushin 800 ponies) even though it's a ford at the block. Just my 2 cents ------------------ 69 Custom 20, 396BB,Longbed fleetside. New Oak Bed With SS strips... damn nice. Edelbrock performer RPM-O, Edelbrock 750Carb, Headers, HEI, 2 40" glasspacks. Stereo: Classic-style tape deck/radio, 2 6x9 Cerwin Vega's in doors, 2 10" Neo subs under seats, 1 900 Watt amp. SN= Ares220 __________________ -Greg; Sold the 69 C20. It's off to a better home with more love! Now onto the 86 CUCV M1009; K5 blazer with 6.2L diesel, corp 10 bolt axles, Detroit locker in the rear, trutrac front, 3.73 gears, 35" tires.

04-19-2002, 10:16 AM	#10
Desert Rat Senior Member Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Darrington, Washington Posts: 3,963	I dont mind a GM motor in a Chevy heck i had a 64 BelAir with a 455 Poncho,it kicked ass over a BBC,I should be into Pontiacs or Olds,i can buy those at junkyards all day long for $100,but when you mention a BBC everyplace says we have then but act like they are a piece of gold.But i do have a Ford Part on my truck,its the 1pc driveline.67's gonna get a Ford starter selenoid,Ford did a couple things right,actually i like some of the fords,but all their trucks are ugly,but i like that unibody one,but it would sport a BBC,but i like the Boss Mustangs,and 427 cars,and love the 63 1/2 Galaxie(but it reminds me of a Impala)for anyone interested in ford stuff there a 428 CJet motor in a local recyling center.I should ask how much,he sells me running BBC for $250-might be a good investment-hes a 73 up Chevy guy,so im sure i could get it cheap,its in a Torino out in the yard.

04-19-2002, 10:54 AM	#11
68SWB4x4 Strongman Garage Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Salinas, CA Posts: 10,241	i saw a 72 with a oldsmobile engine in it at a show.... looked factory.... average person wouldnt have known that it didnt come in it.... ive seen a 55 chevy with a ford motor in it.... the guy proudly put FORD MOTORSPORT valve covers and blue ovals anywhere on the engine he could.... i think he did it just to piss chevy guys off ------------------ My Truck pictures www.xframeimpala.com 68 4x4 short fleetside 327 CH465 edelbrock intake and carb MSD distributor its the "SHAGROLET" 56 big window short stepside 235 dual 1 brls 64ImpalaSS 327 70 C10 LWB fleetside custom/10 350/TH350 IM me on aol SN= SHAGROLET __________________ Kalle 68 GMC Suburban 1500 4x4 SOLD 69 Pontiac Lemans 99 Silverado 4.8 5 speed ECSB [ Facebook Instagram Subscribe on YOUTUBE

04-19-2002, 01:42 PM	#12
busterwivell Registered User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Sahuarita, AZ USA Posts: 2,033	You can do whatever you want to with your truck, it's yours. As for me, I wouldn't do it, anymore than I would date my ex-wife. But that's just me. __________________ Bill - Tucson, AZ 47 Chevrolet 2 dr sedan 56 Chevrolet 210 2 dr sedan 66 Chevrolet Malibu 2 dr 4 speed 71 Chevrolet C30 Longhorn 86 Chevrolet Monte Carlo SS (Sold) 01 Chevrolet Tahoe IM - BUSTERWIVE@aol.com

04-19-2002, 01:55 PM	#13
Pumkin Truck Thats just prime! Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: TEXAS Posts: 720	imo i believe that people like myself put other engines(as long as their gm) into chevies because we see too many chevey engines around and want to be different i am putting my caddy in mine because i want to be different, but then again how many 18 year olds do you see driving a 69 orange truck, ussually it is a rice burner. ------------------ 1969 Gmc swb stepside Wimpy six soon to be a 500cid cadillac!! __________________ 69 GMC short bed stepside with a wimpy six that can barely pull itself. 99 Chevrolet Camaro Z-28 1 Bad 5.7ltr LS1

04-19-2002, 02:29 PM	#14
Baradium Binder Rep Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Salcha, AK Posts: 1,506	some of you already know about this, but there is a certian '71 Custom/10 that is going to be getting an IH powerplant in it in a little bit if someone doesn't buy it soon. If that doesn't happen it'll just be scrapped... which is really sad because it's essentially rust (and dent) free with an original 4.11 posi and bedside tool box. Oh yeah, and it's in CA $750 IIRC with a complete running 455 along with it (he won't put it in the truck because it has a th400 with it and he doesn't want an auto). [This message has been edited by Baradium (edited April 19, 2002).]

04-19-2002, 05:45 PM	#15
imaindianoutlaw GMC SHORT FLEET F/S Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT PENNSYLVANNIA Posts: 2,117	D. Rat, buy those 455's for a hundred! You can sell them for atleast $350 for a short block! Classical Pontiac .com! ------------------ Charles W. Hein S. Williamsport PA imaindianoutlaw@yahoo.com REFRIGERATION TECH 1971 Rolling chassis FOR SALE 1963 Pontiac Tempest 1965 Pontiac GTO 1956 Pontiac 2 dr __________________ CHARLES WADE HEIN HVACR FOREMAN. LEWISBURG U.S.P.



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