This is why I've been neglecting the forum. Sorry all! I couldn't help it!

 

You don't see any of those around here anymore.

 

Sweeeeeeet! I've been looking for one like this for years. All I can find is junk or show cars for a fortune. If you don't mind me asking, how much did you pay? I should have never traded my 77 1/2 22 years ago!

 

I have one of those in blue, the 403 is a beast of a motor

 

sweet smokey bandit. Did burt reynolds come with that bad boy?

 

I drove one of those with a 455 in it.

 

Great find!! Nice car.

 

Nice. I had a '78 in high school back in '91. The guy I bought it from replaced the engine with a 428 and converted it to a 4 speed manual. I am surprised I am still alive. I broke something on it every weekend beating the chit out of it. Not a car for a teenager.

 

I thought it was a 400, - not much difference, never heard it called a 403 I guess. Those cars are collectors items here, a clean one, if one can be found around here is big $$$.

 

My dad had one in highschool but it was the famous 1977 model.

 

For some reason, after looking at those pictures I am now having an unexplainable craving for Coors beer......

 

Brew, I plead ignorance but didn't Pontaic actually have a 400? (Their own engine?) They built so many motors back then that were close in size (before GM got wise and started swapping motors between divisions). They had to fess up to it when they got caught putting Chevy engines in another line (think it was Pontiac) They had been doing that for years in Canada. I had a Pontiac Bonneville Brougham (2D with the Brougham vinyl padded half top). It was a theft recovery (new) from a Pontiac dealer in another part of the state. Loved the car, beautiful car, but the workmanship on it was atrocious. It had the 403 in it (last year they put it in the Bonneville) and I'm almost positive it was an Olds engine. Nice engine though. They were definitely different engines, pretty sure built by 2 different divisions.

 

No prob, $7900, the only rust bubble is on the drivers fender, and it's about the size of a quarter. And yes, it is a pontiac 400, although not the origional motor (301) Pontiac did put the 403 in trans ams in the late 70's and yes it was an olds motor. They were called GM "corporate motors" and got put in a few cars scattered throughout GM. Pontiac's are a bit unique, they are no "big/small" blocks. Only differing displacements with varying journal sizes unless my memory fails me. This motor happens to be a 73' block, with 67' heads and intake, So it's kinda a mutt, but it goes like a bat outa hell.

 

Yea, I know the 403 was the olds engine/ 99% sure. It most likley did make into the TA's since Jerame posted it's what he has. I can't think of why it would tho. Might have been a location deal and/or where you were on the map. The 6.6 400 was their own as far as I remember - If I'm even doing that right.

Bonneville, - Man, you had to make captain to sport one of those cruise ships around. You wouldn't have to stop for the red lights, -anything that hits you would just deflect or recycle on the spot, either or lol.

 

pullmeoverred : Didn't see your post before I posted earlier. Was their another reason for the 403 ? Ahh, probably not, I might be thinking of something else. Nice car.