Thread: What Was Your First Big Block Car ?

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My first Big Block car was a 1969 Pontiac firebird . It started out as a 350 2 BBL TH350 308 open 10 Bolt car . But not long after buying it I took a trip to the junk yard . There I found a 1971 Grandville with a 455 330hp engine . $400.00 dollers later I was the owner of that 455 . One week later and the big block was sitting in the 69 firebird . I ran the 455 with a stock dual exhaust a GTO intake and Q Jet . Points dist with curve kit Accel wires and coil . The first time I went around the block in that car I could feel a big difference from the old 350 ! And when I took this car to the strip the next week . Man with no headers TH350 open 308 rear end and still ran low 14teens . And thats burning that right rear street tire all the way down the track . And on the street at a roll that car was never beat . What was your first Big Block car ?

My first was a 66 Plymouth Fury III Sport with a 440/375 hp. Second was a 69 Barracuda Formula S with a 383/330 hp, later replaced with a 426 Hemi. Most recent one is my 57 Olds. 371 big block with the J2. Love the sound and ooomph of a big block. Not crazy about the usual mpg.

Oddly enough, I've come full circle.
My first car ever was a 1969 Roadrunner Convertible with a 383.
I recently picked up my 4th Roadrunner, a '68 but this will be my first ever 4 speed big block car!


Krash

aint had one yet, probably never will, the stuff just costs to much. but someday id love to build a 427 bbc with a tunnel ram and stuff it into the vega, or even a 55 chevy although and ls6 454 would also do nicely to bad BJ syndrome has made all of that, completely unnattainable. its gotten so bad here guys are taking 010 350's decking them and stamping them DZ thats just one case i could tell of more treachery!

1972 Chevelle, 396/TH400

1930 A-bone. 454 Chevy 0.030 over.

66 Corvette, 427-4speed roadster! I graduated highschool in '84 and left for Navy Bootcamp 12 days later. Graduated from there and left for Sardegna, Italy. Was there for 12 months, came home on leave and found the car in the paper for $8000. w/a 350 in it (august of 85, just before the prices started to go thru the roof!!!!). Went to look at it and fell in love, got it for $7100!!). Started researching and found out it had been a 390 hp 427 car. Had the correct trans and rearend and was in decent condition. (I actually drove it for 4 years after I got back from Italy and did NOTHING to it. Started a ground-up resto and found a '69 L-88 (yeah, a REAL L-88... 560 HP!!! ) in a 64 Impala that a friend of a friend had in his old drag car. Cut a deal to buy it (for $650!!!!!! ) and when I redid the car, that was in it. Sold the car in 94 for $11,500 + a 71 Nova Prostreet car with a 400hop smallblock in it...Not BAD!!!! But GOD do I miss that car!!!!! 'Puter crashed a month or so back and lost a bunch of pix, but I will post a few of it after I get some scanned again.

first car with a bbc was my 66gto in the early 80s 396 re work 325 hp headers cam holley intake and a thermo quad not much. it did run good had a stick in it. back then it was fun did alot of off the stop light racing and beat a alot of stuff .i have had only 3 cars two 66 gtos and my 50chevy all have had bbc in them the chevy had 3 engines a 454 one soild flat cam low cr and a 11to1 solid roller cam tunnel ram to a 548 solid roller blower engine. the gto has had many

My first was my dads old Caddy I bought when I was 16, I think it had a 512 or something hugh, I don't exactly remember. Then a 428 Merc Monteray 4dr, My senior year I had a 70 El Camino SS, 396/375hp 4 speed.

When I was 19, a friend told me about an original 409 2X4 '62 Biscayne that had been traded in a a small dealership. It was in perfect condition, and red with a red interior, but the original engine was replaced by a built 327. I bought the car, and found another 409-409 engine. I swapped it back into the '62, along with a Z11 cam, slicks and a 4:11 posi, and had an absolute ball with it!

whats a big block?

56 Ford with a 406 and a 4 speed

Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT

When I was 19, a friend told me about an original 409 2X4 '62 Biscayne that had been traded in a a small dealership. It was in perfect condition, and red with a red interior, but the original engine was replaced by a built 327. I bought the car, and found another 409-409 engine. I swapped it back into the '62, along with a Z11 cam, slicks and a 4:11 posi, and had an absolute ball with it!

The friend of mine that does the soda blasting STILL has his original, bought new in '62, 409 2x4, 4-speed, convertable!!! Still red (2nd paintjob) red interior, white top. All original but currently running a set of 18" billet wheels with actual sidewalls on the tires, NOT rubberbands... looks GOOD!!

Hey everyone my first BBC was a 67 Chevell SS396 4 speed. I was the second owner until i got married and the kids started coming. Had to sell that car and still miss it. Maybe i can dig some pics out and post them. Wish i had all those cars that i used to have back. All i can do now is Dream,Dream,Dream.

If Oldsmobiles count, I had several cars in the '60's with 303-394's in them. None of the bodies were Olds, but we swapped Oldsmobile V8's into a few Fords and even a Rambler Station Wagon.

My first production car with a big block was a brand new tripower GTO I bought in '66.

Don

Oh, forgot about the '51 Chrysler Hemi car I had with a fluid drive tranny. (cross between a stick shift and automatic.) I blew the clutch out after one night doing burnouts.