I just picked up a 78 and 79 regal. 550$ for both of them! :beer and they both run the 79 has 62000 old lady miles and the78 has 90000 old man miles not to bad. was thinking about a 455 swap I have a 72 riv for a doner moter and trans any help or info would be great.
78-9 Big block Regal Dave Dixon was one of our founding moderators in this section. He had a webpage showing his fist class job of putting a 455 in an that body Regal. Dave has passed on but his car now belongs to his son who occationally still stops by the V8Buick powered regals section. Not sure if the webpage is still up but he did the whole car first rate with great pics and info if you can locate it. Great find and have fun :3gears: Oh yea fwiw I think Dave made his a 4 speed stick car.
If you decide to part one two make one good car, I would be interested in the power window motors. Thanks! Jon
one will be my daily driver with the while the other is getting the 455. I will probably be parting out my 72 riv
I just did the same swap. Put a 455 buick out of a 72 riv in my 84 cutlass. I was on a low budget so I used the exhaust manafolds out the riv and thay fit. Check out my thread. It has pictures of the swap. If you have any questions just ask.http://www.v8buick.com/showthread.php?t=102330
