True, but the big "controversy" erupted in the mid-seventies, when customers opened their hoods, say on a '76 Olds Omega (if memory serves me correctly), and found a Buick 350. Now, there is nothing wrong with the Buick 350, I've owned a number of them, but an "Oldsmobile guy" expects to see an Olds engine, you know? I recall doing a tune up on a friend-of-a friend's car, a '79 Cutlass Supreme, and was quite amazed to find a Chevy 305 where I expected to find an Olds 350! I currently own, as a daily driver, a 1983 Olds Cutlass Supreme, which originally had an 307 Olds engine, but now has a'72 vintage Olds 350. A number of those cars also came with Chevy 305s. Now, I preferr the Olds engine myself---in an Oldsmobile, but my "new" favorite "350" is in my '58 Desoto Firesweep--"B" block Mopar power all the way, Baby! Zach--
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