<VV> Olds were found to have Chevy engines

[Sethracer at aol.com]

Once again, California leads the way! Actually, the tighter emission  
requirements caused GM to limit the number of "engine families" to go through  
California certification. We never got the 229" Chevy V6, We got Buick 231" V6 
 motors in Camaros. Basically, you always had to check which 350" motor was 
in  the car, before you ordered parts. At one time, GM had a 350 cu in 
motor from  Chevy, Olds, Buick and Pontiac, all in production at one time. And 
some  Cadillacs used Olds motors. 
 
In my humble opinion, the greatest loss in the move to the "Corporate  
Motor" concept at GM, was the loss of Moly Orange as the paint color for Chevy  
V8 block and heads. 
 
But that's just me! I'm a Chevy guy. Cut me, I bleed moly orange!  - Seth 
Emerson
 
 
In a message dated 9/4/2012 7:40:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
thesuperscribe at yahoo.com writes:

Years  ago my wife and I had a '79 Buick Riveria that had an Olds 350 V-8. 
I wouldn't  have known it but a mechanic at an independent repair shop 
mentioned it while  we had it for for service. He said the difference in the 
engines was in the  heads. 

Except that Oldsmobile, Buick, etc., were upscale  automobiles and cost 
more, I doubt that any customers who got other divisions'  engines in their 
cars were really harmed. Then again, maybe resale values of  the more costly 
cars suffered when they were found to have Chevy engines.  Anyone have info on 
that?

--Tom in  Ohio