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Originally Posted by tyoneal
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FWIW: I had a 85 Cutless a number of years ago, and a 455 olds will fit in that car, and if you attach the smog trees to the exhaust manifolds and hang the "Stock Airpump, a/c etc", on the front it is really hard to tell the difference between the two when looking at it. The width difference between the two is a 1.75 inches total, and the 455 hasn't been made in such a long time, many people wouldn't automatically realize that what they were looking at wasn't a stock oldsmobile.
I think the olds engine for that year is still flat across the top and wide just like the older ones were. I know in my old car, if you sat both engines side by side it was remarkable how similar they were. Paint them the same color and run the same air cleaner. That with the smog trees, the air pump etc. will give you a really neat sleeper of a car.
Ty
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there was a guy in town when i lived in fergus falls MN that had a 455 powered 85 cutlass, called it the gutless... and it was anything but gutless, had the fortune of driving it a couple of timas and it was a awesome
anyway, the gauge panel is looking great, as is the rest of the build
cant wait to see it finished