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To: Inyo-Mono
don’t remember exact displacement)!
It probably had the 401 "nailhead". Don Garlits used this engine in some of his early dragsters. Back then a couple of engineers from Buick would take regular production leSabres tweak the engines and sneak them out for some "impromptu" street racing.
17 posted on 11/15/2025 10:46:56 AM PST by Impala64ssa (Laiken Riley and Iryna Zarutska are my daughters. Charlie Kirk is my brother )
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To: Impala64ssa
It probably had the 401 "nailhead".

Yes, I recall now that's what it was! Thanks for the reminder.

41 posted on 11/15/2025 2:40:33 PM PST by Inyo-Mono
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