Here’s another sad sign of the times. A story in the Buffalo (NY) News daily paper makes note that today will mark the end of the assembly line at the GM plant for big block Chevy engines. The plant has been making “rat” motor style GM engines for 50 years. On Dec. 18, the last variation of the big block class of V-8 engines that have been produced at that plant since 1959, is scheduled to roll off the line.

The plant’s current V-8 production equipment was installed for the Mark V series. The V-8 was the plant’s longest-running engine line, but new trends in the auto industry made GM’s trademark automotive engine obsolete. Currently the plant's main engine line is the L850. It also makes inline 4- and 5-cylinder engines.

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