@jesbroken said:
I ordered a 64 buick wildcat 465-2 4bbl and it came in with a bench seat instead of bucket seats. Walked across street and bought a 64 Malibu SS 327, instead.
Jim
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Did you get the L30 327 (250 HP) or the L74 327 (300 hp) ?
Hardtop or convertible ?
Manual or Automatic ?
@jesbroken said:
I ordered a 64 buick wildcat 465-2 4bbl and it came in with a bench seat instead of bucket seats. Walked across street and bought a 64 Malibu SS 327, instead.
Jim
Did you get the L30 327 (250 HP) or the L74 327 (300 hp) ?
Hardtop or convertible ?
Manual or Automatic ?
327 275hp single 4bbl 4 spd convertible. My first real car, I was driving a beat up wrecked Morris Minor till this one.
Jim
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@jesbroken said:
I ordered a 64 buick wildcat 465-2 4bbl and it came in with a bench seat instead of bucket seats. Walked across street and bought a 64 Malibu SS 327, instead.
Jim
Did you get the L30 327 (250 HP) or the L74 327 (300 hp) ?
Hardtop or convertible ?
Manual or Automatic ?
327 275hp single 4bbl 4 spd convertible. My first real car, I was driving a beat up wrecked Morris Minor till this one.
Jim
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There wasn't a "275 HP" 327 offered in 1964. The only 327s available in a 1964 Malibu were the L30 327 (250 HP) or the L74 327 (300 hp). Both of those came with a single 4-bbl carburetor.
The L74 was dropped after 1965. In 1966 the L30 was tweaked a little bit and advertised as a "275 HP", so that is probably what you are remembering. The L30 was offered up through the 1968 model year.
In 1965 the legendary L79 327 was introduced. It had solid lifters and was advertised as "350 HP". It was also offered up through the 1968 model year.
A 1964 Malibu SS convertible with the L30 327 and manual transmission had a total production of a little under 300 cars,
The same car, but with the L74 327 had a production of less than 100 cars.
BTW the nova smoked me along with most everyone else. His was white with black vinyl top and my camaro the same. Not many camaros with a vinyl top.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
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@dcarr said:
I drove this the other day (1968 Buick GS-Colorado - photo of older magazine article about it):
This was my 1970 GS350 when I was 19. I want to get another GS while I can still drive
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That was a nice one.
I had a 1971 Buick GS-350 with some unusual options: Bucket seats, console, floor shifter (TH-350 automatic), in-dash gauges, 24-hour "rally" clock, body-color "bullet" mirrors, option N25 with dual exhaust ports though the rear bumper, option code PA6 "Super Stock" wheels, etc.). I have never seen those factory GM wheels on any other car, ever. Cortez Gold metallic with a black vinyl roof and black interior.
I sold it in 1995 when a car I had been looking 10 years to find turned up for sale. I wanted to keep the Buick, but finances weren't great and I had no place to keep both cars at the time.
Here is what it looked like when I owned it:
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When I sold it in 1995, the new owner took it to Michigan
Over the years I told my wife many times that I regretted selling it.
Then 24 years later, one day out of nowhere, the phone rang. My wife answered. She called me over to the phone, rolled her eyes, and tells me "this guy wants to talk to you about some Buick". She handed the phone to me before walking away. The "guy" proceeded to tell me that he has this car, and he found my name and phone number with old paperwork he had on the car. It turned out that it was my old 1971 Buick ! I still had the same phone number from 24 years earlier. The person was the son-in-law of the person that I had sold the car to. He had inherited it a couple months prior to calling me. He also indicated that he would sell it if I was interested. And not only that, he had the car where he currently lived which was in Thornton (a suburb north of Denver and less than an hour's drive from me).
So, of course, I bought it. That is the good part. The bad part is that it was in much worse shape than when I sold it. It had suffered teenage abuse and winters in Michigan. No significant damage, but a lot of amateur attempted "upgrades" and rust in the wheel well lips. Fortunately, the floor boards were still 100% sound. And all the key parts were still there (in boxes if not on the car).
It has been undergoing a restoration (off and on) for the last several years. The rust areas are being replaced with new metal. It will look better than new when finished (whenever that is).
@jesbroken said:
Thats the way I remembered it. My 68 camaro ss was a 327-325hp single 4bbl written on the air cleaner. My friends 66 nova ss was a 327-350hp.
Jim
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I don't know of any 327 ever having a "325" (advertised) horsepower rating.
Maybe it was a 396 ? Those came in three different horsepower levels: 325 HP, 350 HP, and 375 HP.
A 327 (350 HP L79) was not a heavy motor, and in a relatively light car like a Nova I can see how it would "smoke" a lot of other cars.
You are correct, google agrees. Can't get it out of my mind though. 57 years ago so I'll concede. Lol Thanks for the info, didn't think I needed to look it up.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
(Anchorage Alaska's new 4th Avenue in the year it was built, 1915. Photograph by Anchorage's 1st Photographer Sydney Laurence's assistant with Sydney Laurence up on the ladder photographing an "aerial" view of the new avenue.)
YESTERDAY'S VIEW FROM A 737 AIRPLANE OF ALASKA'S TURNAGAIN ARM WITH ITS GLACIER CAPPED MOUNTANS AND BORE TIDE WATERS - TO SARAH McLACHLAN'S SINGING OF "ANGEL"
Link to video of Turnagain Arm as Seen from my 737 Aircraft:
Turnagain Arm figuratively extends from my backyard but rarely do I get to view it from the air. Named by Captain Cook as "Turnagain River" in 1778 it designated the branch of posthumously named Cook Inlet where his ships had to "turn-again" instead of continuing on through an elusive Northwest Passage.
Today on the north side of Turnagain Arm is the road and rail route between Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula, while the south side as seen in the above linked video contains glacier capped mountains that drop into the sea.
The Arm with its Bore Tides is noteworthy for its up to 40 foot high tides being the second highest in the world to Fundy Bay's 50 foot tides in Nova Scotia. It is also of historical significance as the site of Alaska's 1896 Gold Rush that preceded the Klondike Gold Rush. Thousands of men flocked to its mining towns of Sunshine and Hope along its shores - communities that predated Anchorage where hardly anyone resided until 1915 with the advent of the Alaska Railroad.
Below are screen shots from the above linked video.which almost wasn't since I was relegated to an aisle seat and had to hope my distance from the window would not negate my shooting efforts. The high risk effort apparently resulted in a high reward as I received a YouTube comment stating, "100% beautiful. Thank you so much for the clip."
And here are views of Turnagain Arm and the mountains on its southern shore as seen in my previously taken photos from ground level:
And below is a painting I commisioned Alaska artist Steven Gordon to paint from one of my photos showing the view looking south across Turnagain Arm from McHugh Creek on its northern shore:
Comments
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Did you get the L30 327 (250 HP) or the L74 327 (300 hp) ?
Hardtop or convertible ?
Manual or Automatic ?
.
327 275hp single 4bbl 4 spd convertible. My first real car, I was driving a beat up wrecked Morris Minor till this one.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
This was my 1970 GS350 when I was 19. I want to get another GS while I can still drive
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
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There wasn't a "275 HP" 327 offered in 1964. The only 327s available in a 1964 Malibu were the L30 327 (250 HP) or the L74 327 (300 hp). Both of those came with a single 4-bbl carburetor.
The L74 was dropped after 1965. In 1966 the L30 was tweaked a little bit and advertised as a "275 HP", so that is probably what you are remembering. The L30 was offered up through the 1968 model year.
In 1965 the legendary L79 327 was introduced. It had solid lifters and was advertised as "350 HP". It was also offered up through the 1968 model year.
A 1964 Malibu SS convertible with the L30 327 and manual transmission had a total production of a little under 300 cars,
The same car, but with the L74 327 had a production of less than 100 cars.
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Thats the way I remembered it. My 68 camaro ss was a 327-325hp single 4bbl written on the air cleaner. My friends 66 nova ss was a 327-350hp.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
BTW the nova smoked me along with most everyone else. His was white with black vinyl top and my camaro the same. Not many camaros with a vinyl top.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
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That was a nice one.
I had a 1971 Buick GS-350 with some unusual options: Bucket seats, console, floor shifter (TH-350 automatic), in-dash gauges, 24-hour "rally" clock, body-color "bullet" mirrors, option N25 with dual exhaust ports though the rear bumper, option code PA6 "Super Stock" wheels, etc.). I have never seen those factory GM wheels on any other car, ever. Cortez Gold metallic with a black vinyl roof and black interior.
I sold it in 1995 when a car I had been looking 10 years to find turned up for sale. I wanted to keep the Buick, but finances weren't great and I had no place to keep both cars at the time.
Here is what it looked like when I owned it:
.
When I sold it in 1995, the new owner took it to Michigan
Over the years I told my wife many times that I regretted selling it.
Then 24 years later, one day out of nowhere, the phone rang. My wife answered. She called me over to the phone, rolled her eyes, and tells me "this guy wants to talk to you about some Buick". She handed the phone to me before walking away. The "guy" proceeded to tell me that he has this car, and he found my name and phone number with old paperwork he had on the car. It turned out that it was my old 1971 Buick ! I still had the same phone number from 24 years earlier. The person was the son-in-law of the person that I had sold the car to. He had inherited it a couple months prior to calling me. He also indicated that he would sell it if I was interested. And not only that, he had the car where he currently lived which was in Thornton (a suburb north of Denver and less than an hour's drive from me).
So, of course, I bought it. That is the good part. The bad part is that it was in much worse shape than when I sold it. It had suffered teenage abuse and winters in Michigan. No significant damage, but a lot of amateur attempted "upgrades" and rust in the wheel well lips. Fortunately, the floor boards were still 100% sound. And all the key parts were still there (in boxes if not on the car).
It has been undergoing a restoration (off and on) for the last several years. The rust areas are being replaced with new metal. It will look better than new when finished (whenever that is).
.
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I don't know of any 327 ever having a "325" (advertised) horsepower rating.
Maybe it was a 396 ? Those came in three different horsepower levels: 325 HP, 350 HP, and 375 HP.
A 327 (350 HP L79) was not a heavy motor, and in a relatively light car like a Nova I can see how it would "smoke" a lot of other cars.
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You are correct, google agrees. Can't get it out of my mind though. 57 years ago so I'll concede. Lol Thanks for the info, didn't think I needed to look it up.
Jim
When a man who is honestly mistaken hears the truth, he will either quit being mistaken or cease to be honest....Abraham Lincoln
Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it.....Mark Twain
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
"When they can't find anything wrong with you, they create it!"
New silver bar I got on Friday
My YouTube Channel
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That must be from one of the national Buick GS conventions (that I never was able to attend) ?
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Yes - this year May 14 - 17
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The declaration argued that governments exist by and for the people with citizens obligated to overthrow a tyrannical government.
Crashing Oak Island - the threat to film me was tempting. Had I driven that causeway a chain on the island side would have caused me to back out.
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YESTERDAY'S VIEW FROM A 737 AIRPLANE OF ALASKA'S TURNAGAIN ARM WITH ITS GLACIER CAPPED MOUNTANS AND BORE TIDE WATERS - TO SARAH McLACHLAN'S SINGING OF "ANGEL"
Link to video of Turnagain Arm as Seen from my 737 Aircraft:
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/9H1uQIgFV7Y
Turnagain Arm figuratively extends from my backyard but rarely do I get to view it from the air. Named by Captain Cook as "Turnagain River" in 1778 it designated the branch of posthumously named Cook Inlet where his ships had to "turn-again" instead of continuing on through an elusive Northwest Passage.
Today on the north side of Turnagain Arm is the road and rail route between Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula, while the south side as seen in the above linked video contains glacier capped mountains that drop into the sea.
The Arm with its Bore Tides is noteworthy for its up to 40 foot high tides being the second highest in the world to Fundy Bay's 50 foot tides in Nova Scotia. It is also of historical significance as the site of Alaska's 1896 Gold Rush that preceded the Klondike Gold Rush. Thousands of men flocked to its mining towns of Sunshine and Hope along its shores - communities that predated Anchorage where hardly anyone resided until 1915 with the advent of the Alaska Railroad.
Below are screen shots from the above linked video.which almost wasn't since I was relegated to an aisle seat and had to hope my distance from the window would not negate my shooting efforts. The high risk effort apparently resulted in a high reward as I received a YouTube comment stating, "100% beautiful. Thank you so much for the clip."
And here are views of Turnagain Arm and the mountains on its southern shore as seen in my previously taken photos from ground level:
And below is a painting I commisioned Alaska artist Steven Gordon to paint from one of my photos showing the view looking south across Turnagain Arm from McHugh Creek on its northern shore:
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