I found a place online that sells rebuilt engines and offers a Buick 455. They offer the same block, heads and crank casting #'s for every year 455 between 1969 and 1972. (WTF) I can't find the specs for the castings they give anywhere. Block # 1231738 1238861 Heads # 1231786 1237661 1240149 Crank # 1379242 Would anybody know what year Buick this engine is really for and the specs. They want $1575 for this rebuilt engine and offer performance upgrades. It seems very suspicious to me that every year, every model 455 they give the same casting. And the price sounds a little bit too good. Anyone ever heard of the company? Is the engine worth the $. Thanks, Aubrey Here's the link; http://www.automotix.com/rebuilt_engines/buick-skylark-1970-engines---BUI-455LB.html
Block # 1231738 = 1970 / 1971 455 1238861= 1971 / 1972 455 Heads # 1231786 = 1970 455 1237661 = 1971 455 1240149 = 1970 / 1971 455
Duh, why didn't I recognize that they had listed casting #'s from different years. This would help explai why they had the same casting #'s for the two years. Thanks a lot Erik. I was checking out your car on BuickStreet.com earlier. That's a really nice ride! I must be a nightmare getting parts in Europe. I was in Germany for 4 years know it can be difficult to get parts for current American cars, let alone a 30 year old ones. Take care of it man. WOuld anyone happen to know the specs on these engines? Are they originally out of a Riviera? Thanks a lot for all of the help. Aubrey
I don't think my car is on Buickstreet Obtaining parts isn't all that hard, but we pay at least 3 times the prices you lot in America are paying. Shipping large items is a very costly business Luckily we have our own Boattail scrapyard :TU:
He's talking about Pauls 71. Same colour, same part of the world. http://www.buickstreet.com/71buickstreet.html
