BOP pattern maybe but somewhere up there in GM land I thing someones screws were loose
"Mike Canfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >That's the BOP bolt pattern....Buick, Olds, Pontiac. Mike >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Harry " M.)"" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "Mercedes mailing list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Tuesday, September 13, 2005 6:53 PM >Subject: Re: [MBZ] Cimarron > > >I had that experience with a small block Pontiac motor where I couldn't use >a Chevy 350 trans but instead it was a Olds 350 transmission. Something >different with the bellhousings and where the engine bolts up was different. >Buick and Pontiac back in the 70's and early 80's used a turbo hydramatic >200, the metric trans they called it. junk I call it > > > >JabbaHursty <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>as late as the late 70s there were some substantial differences between >>identical GM cars, most obvious being that each division had their own >>engines. in other words, a chevy, olds and buick 350 were all different >>engines. other little things included such idiosyncrasies as buick not >>letting chevy build turbo 350 transmissions for them, but building them in >>house from kits. >> >> >>At 12:18 PM 9/13/2005, you wrote: >>>De plane! De plane! >>> >>>Answer: yes! >>> >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >>> > could you order a volare with rich corinthian leather? >>> > >>> > At 10:16 AM 9/13/2005, you wrote: >>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> When will people learn that a >>> >>> vehicle isn't better because its a Caddy (or an MB for that matter ;) >>> >>> just because its a Caddy is probably a better question ;) >>> >> >>> >> Fascinating, isn't it? The nameplates at GM ceased to have any deep >>> >> differences, aside from suspension tuning and trim, more than 20 years >>> ago, >>> >> but people still swear by 'their' make. >>> >> >>> >> Case in point: When I worked for Budget, we had a huge fleet of Dodge >>> Aspens >>> >> and Plymouth Volares. >>> >> >>> >> Now these were the SAME car, in fact they came off the same line. We >>> >> had >>> >> some cars delivered with Dodge moldings (wider) and nameplates on one >>> side, >>> >> Plymouth on the other.... >>> >> >>> >> Yet we had customers who swore the Aspen was a delight to drive, but >>> >> the >>> >> Volare was a nightmare. Incredible. >>> >> >>> >> Mac >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> _______________________________________ >>> >> For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>> >> For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >> >>> >> To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> >> http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >>> > >>> > >>> > _______________________________________ >>> > For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>> > For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> > >>> > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>> > http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >>> >>> >>>_______________________________________ >>>For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>>For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> >>>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>>http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >> >> >>_______________________________________ >>For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >>For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >>To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >>http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net >> > > >-- >69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles >72 350SL 108,000 Miles >2004 VW Passat 4 Motion >1999 Mazda Miata > > >__________________________________________________________________ >Switch to Netscape Internet Service. >As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register > >Netscape. Just the Net You Need. > >New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer >Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. >Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp > >_______________________________________ >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > > >_______________________________________ >For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ >For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: >http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net > -- 69 280 SEL 120,000 Miles 72 350SL 108,000 Miles 2004 VW Passat 4 Motion 1999 Mazda Miata __________________________________________________________________ Switch to Netscape Internet Service. As low as $9.95 a month -- Sign up today at http://isp.netscape.com/register Netscape. Just the Net You Need. New! Netscape Toolbar for Internet Explorer Search from anywhere on the Web and block those annoying pop-ups. Download now at http://channels.netscape.com/ns/search/install.jsp
