" From: Kelly Hardie <ramblinguy.kelly@xxxxxxxxx> " " Yep, lots of them. Buick started that engine back in the Sixties, and as " someone pointed out it was used in Oldsmobiles too. They sold it to " Jeep, who used it until the AMC buyout when they started using AMC " sixes. During the downsizing in the late Seventies, AMC sold the engine " back to Buick, who built a butt load more before finally redesigning it " to an even fire. As a side note, Buick also tried to buy their Sixties " designed aluminum V8 back from Rover, who basically told them to sod " off. Great engine, that one... trivia: those engines are related. the aluminum v8 was redesigned into the iron 300, which was then cut into the 225 v6 and stroked/talldecked into the 340, then slightly overbored into the 350. when buick bought the v6 back they used the 350 slugs and made the 225 a 231. jeep used both the 225 and the 350. another amc/jeep link: while the 300 and descendants have the now-standard b-o-p bellhousing pattern, iirc the 215 had the nailhead 425 pattern. ________________________________________________________________________ Andrew Hay the genius nature internet rambler is to see what all have seen adh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and think what none thought _______________________________________________ Amc-list mailing list Amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.amc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/amc-list