Rich,
With L-88 internals, this thing must run its pants off!
Certainly should clean the clock of any L/72 equipped Camaro.
The L-88 certainly explains why the transmission & rear went bye-bye.
I'd love to build one of these one day. Got the L-88 parts,
just need to motivation.
It just seems odd that a small block to big block conversion
would have been done. But then again, we are talking about
35+ years ago and who cared what was right back then. These
things are our ( collective ) lot in life now.
I would really love to have the opportunity to go over this
car in detail to see what associated BB parts did not get
added along with the L-88. Things like the radiator, engine
frame mounts, BB 4-speed X-member, power steering pump and
plumbing, shifter linkage & reverse lockout, etc..
I guess what I am saying is that I'd like to know just how
thorough Dana was with this conversion. Any more details
Rich?
One last thought: I for one would love to know more about
other less well known dealer BB conversions. Some months
ago, there was a 68 Camaro here ( I believe ) that was
sporting a 396 with a tri-power setup. Don't know how well
it runs, but it looked sexy as hell. Anyone else know of
any other BB conversions ( like L/71's, L-88's, etc.. )
Steve