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Buick Skylark Special 1967 “403 Olds power”

by Kiril

This 1967 Buick Skylark Special wears an Olds 403 badge, but Oldsmobile did not build that engine until a decade later. Buick’s real 1967 lineup ran its own 300, 340, and 400 V8s. Here is what actually powered a Skylark from the factory, and what the mismatched badge probably tells us instead.

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Information about Oldsmobile V8 engines

by Wes

A straightforward primer on Oldsmobile V8 engines has spent years quietly becoming a gathering place for Olds owners — 455 Rocket testimonials, a detailed home-built 400-horsepower Cutlass 350, and warnings about the engine family’s well-known low oil pressure. One commenter’s story about a Rocket 350, a forced sale, and a divorce he half-jokes he regrets more than losing the car sums up why this channel keeps pulling people back.

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