Does this sound right?
#1
Does this sound right?
I didn't know there was a police package... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OLDSM...Q5fAccessories
#2
My guess is it's just a standard 71 455. There is no way to "run the numbers" and find out that it's this particular 455 or that one.
The casting numbers on the shelf behind the water pump are the same for 68-72 blocks with only the addition of an A on the 73-76 blocks.
The stamped numbers on the machined pad below the #1 spark plug will only tell you what year the engine is, where the car it was going into was made and the last 6 of the VIN from the car it was in. There is a date code on the block and a time stamp as well as what has been concluded to be a casting form number, but that's about it.
You can disassemble the engine to see what pistons and cam are in it and that can narrow it down, but if it's been majorly worked on there just is no way of knowing exactly what it was.
The casting numbers on the shelf behind the water pump are the same for 68-72 blocks with only the addition of an A on the 73-76 blocks.
The stamped numbers on the machined pad below the #1 spark plug will only tell you what year the engine is, where the car it was going into was made and the last 6 of the VIN from the car it was in. There is a date code on the block and a time stamp as well as what has been concluded to be a casting form number, but that's about it.
You can disassemble the engine to see what pistons and cam are in it and that can narrow it down, but if it's been majorly worked on there just is no way of knowing exactly what it was.
Last edited by svnt442; December 7th, 2009 at 06:40 PM.
#5
I didn't know there was a police package... http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OLDSM...Q5fAccessories
#10
While there was a Police Package for the Delmonts that year, the W-33 designation did not exist in 1967, nor was there an O.A.I. package for the full size cars that year.
#11
Yes, a pretty pathetic and totally misrepresenting ad.
The W33 designation was only used in 1970, but was essentially the same 390 hp L32 engine of '68 and '69.
The W33 was available to the public, like the L32, and was *not* a police option, though it was the engine of choice *with* the B01 and B07 police options. So a W33 may or may not come from a police car.
But the W33 came with '70 issue E heads.
#15
I believe there has to be some misunderstanding there somewhere. I have multiple and in depth listings of RPO options, police and otherwise, and for '67 everything is covered with no W33. There isn't anything missing that it could be.
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