another old car in the shop this week.

Yeap, I think caddy, olds, poncho all bolt up. I ran TH350s for the better gear ratios and lighter internals, with stock stall converters, as the olds motors pulled from 1500 to 5k. I road raced on long back hills mid western highways so there was no slicks involved so the trans held up reasonably well. Ran 2.29 gears @ 4700 rpms, you are moving on down the highway about 150 or so. One evening we dropped a 472 caddy 4bbl w th400 in my friends gmc 1/2 ton truck. He drank about a case of beer then took er out on the highway. All I remember was tools slung all over the highway, black marks and tire smoke for miles. Good times. That was back when you only saw 2 cars the whole night if you slept on the highway.. So safety was mainly your own issue.