I forgot about the '70 Olds Cutlass Supreme and '81 Regal I had.That Olds was one of the best cars I ever had,gave $800 for it,with a straight body, rocket 350,automatic,power windows. Still ran and drove great when I parked it.
The Chevelle I had was a 396 350hp,which was actually the 402 engine,but it was bored .030 over with a crane cam,tarantula intake ( that's the one the carb. set kinda sideways on ) 780 holley,headers,electric fuel pump,Accel ignition...all the usual goodies. When I bought it it didn't have a transmission in it because the owner wanted to keep it (turbo 400 w/shift kit ) to put in a mud bogger he was building,so I went to Cosner Bros. used auto parts (the junk yard) and bought all the clutch linkage,bell housing,pedals,cross member, etc. out of a four speed Chevelle and put the M-22 Muncie that used to be in the Nova in it. It really wasn't hard to convert to the four speed because the frame was already drilled and tapped to mount all the clutch linkage,so it was pretty much just bolt it in. Only took it to the track once.It was a 13 second car with the automatic on street tires.I turned a 14.30 at 101 mph on a set of G-70 tires (skinny!),but it was still spinning into high gear. Had a Hurst Competition Plus in it at first,then switched to a Vertigate because it looked tough,but the Hurst was actually a quicker shifter ( shorter throw ). Ain't bragging,but it sounded like an automatic when I shifted,foot to the floor. That four speed was a lot of fun.You could take off and speed shift and chirp the tires in all four gears when you weren't even getting into it hard,'course if the cops heard you they'd give you a ticket for it.Then I got married and my hot rod days were over...done...finished.