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Thankfully Minnesota doesn't have the comprehensive inspections like PA has but then again I sometimes wonder why, if we did 90% or more of what we drive would have to be scrapped. That being said back in the 80's and thru the 90's we had an excellent supply of the older tanks with the big motors bruising the roads and modern cars be it the Olds 88 or Grandville and they were cheap. During my high school years (1986-1989) I worked at this small town used car lot & garage and had access to all the land yachts one of which was a 1974 Olds Delta-88 2-door hardtop with the 455 under the hood and a limited slip out back with dual exhaust. It had a worn distributor that got replaced with a later HEI and the timing not set to the book... oh man that thing could go. The motor mounts were also broken so I pulled them out, drilled two holes thru and bolted them together essentially making it solid, the car had a mean growl at full-go but nothing that couldn't be covered up by the 8-track. The best I could do was 10 MPG but it could handle a 5.0L Mustang with the automatic from say 30 MPH on up and embarrass a Z28 no problem.
Sadly the car was junked but the motor lived on in a later Olds Delta 88 as a transplant, this was the big reason we kept a number of the old boats around as the 5.7 diesel motors were starting to come apart and the owners wanted a working solution, most got 350 motors but there were a few exceptions and for these I was paid well. The one Delta 88 that got the 455 olds also got the 455 call-outs from a ??? I don't recall but they looked totally factory on those fenders.
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