[Oldsguy]

You can get most of the parts required to rebuild your engine from the standard suppliers, mail order catalogues, auto parts stores, specialty outfits Mondello or parts resellers like Greg Godon over at Realoldspower.com (FCR Performance). The last rebuild kit I bought was from Summit I think. If you do it yourself you can take that route or if you have a machine shop do your block they will be able to get the bearings, rods, pistons, gaskets, etc etc from their normal suppliers.

No the Olds 350 is not the same as the chevy 350........it's better. Actually they are not the same at all.

edit: I bought an O4B aluminum intake manifold from an auto mechanics professor at my son's college. You can find intake manifolds on ebay every day for the SBO. I recommend you get a good rebuilt carburetor from a reputable source instead of buying an old core. Or buy a new carburetor from one of the sources I mentioned.