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Old July 19th, 2023 | 05:48 AM
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1973 Cutlass Supreme

Rescued a 73 Supreme from a barn a couple years ago. Engine was seized. Upon further inspection, one of the heads is cracked.
Car is otherwise in excellent condition. Interior looks great. Pulled the motor. Considering 455 upgrade.
I'm open to suggestions or any input from the group.












Old July 19th, 2023 | 06:37 AM
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Welcome, it's in great shape and worthy of a 455 upgrade.
Old July 19th, 2023 | 08:24 AM
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It really cleaned up beautifully. Great find
Old July 19th, 2023 | 09:41 AM
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Originally Posted by oldcutlass
Welcome, it's in great shape and worthy of a 455 upgrade.
Originally Posted by Blafau
It really cleaned up beautifully. Great find

Agreed on both points. 👍
True barn find too.
Old July 19th, 2023 | 11:56 AM
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X2 on the 455 since the engine is hurt anyway.
Old July 20th, 2023 | 03:11 AM
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455 would be nice,,, but a 350 head shouldn't be too hard to find. Your car, your choice. Very nice car! Welcome!
Old July 20th, 2023 | 05:19 AM
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Your car is beautiful and I love the green with black interior, good job cleaning it up.
Old July 20th, 2023 | 10:05 AM
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Your car is beautiful and I love the green with black interior, good job cleaning it up.
+ 1 , good job cleaning and also like green and black.
Old July 20th, 2023 | 10:58 AM
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Nice find and quite a transformation. Good luck with your engine swap. A 455 would be great but a good running 350 can bring it on.
Old July 20th, 2023 | 11:59 AM
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I would probably go with a nice warmed over 403. Very few people could look at it and even tell it is a 403. Then you don't have to worry about AC and power steering brackets.
Old July 20th, 2023 | 06:00 PM
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Cool Car. Always liked the 73's. Welcome, It sure cleaned up nice. Well done
Old July 20th, 2023 | 06:53 PM
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Welcome! Nice job.
Old July 20th, 2023 | 07:10 PM
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Welcome!

Very nice work on a very nice car! I really like that body style, they were great cruisers. Keep us posted.
Old July 20th, 2023 | 09:31 PM
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Originally Posted by redoldsman
I would probably go with a nice warmed over 403. Very few people could look at it and even tell it is a 403. Then you don't have to worry about AC and power steering brackets.
Great points. Good call. You can work a 403 very good.

I didn't realize it was green until it was pointed out. Great save. Is that mold on the seats? How did you remove that? Bleach? Cool cool car. Good on you giving it love. Great colors.
Old July 21st, 2023 | 06:42 AM
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Welcome aboard! Nice job on the clean up, she looks good! I agree with the 403 swap! Looks the same and all the accessories fit as original.
Old August 7th, 2023 | 09:48 PM
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Great Find

Great Find on the 73
Old August 8th, 2023 | 04:09 AM
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What a beautiful car! I recently told someone if I could get another 72 to pair with my black one that color green would probably be my first pick. Very, very nice!
Old August 8th, 2023 | 04:30 AM
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Very cool!
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