Olds valve covers on a Chevy

I just saw another one recently . I just wonder why I've never seen an Olds engine with Chevy valve covers....... You Hambers who have done it. Step out of the closet and tell us WHY?? Whats up with that??

 

Hahahahaha....

 

I'm In!!

 

What year of Olds valve covers are you talking about? If it is the Olds Rocket V-8 covers 49-51, it is to make the Chevy look like an Olds.

Why would anyone want a 49-51 Olds V-8 to look like a Chevy V-8??

 

I've got a 250 I6 from an Omega, and it has nothing on it to indicate it was formerly in an Olds. I wish it said rocket 6 or something but sadly it dosen't. But I'm not going to loose any sleep over it.

 

Sharp as a tack tonight eh?

 

You obviously don't recognize the social movement across the nation that celebrates posing.

 

I collect valve covers and yes I have them, hanging on the wall.
I have seen sbc valve covers that say Packard, Studebaker and Kaiser and I will have them too. OCD is what I think they call it.

 

If your valve cover is steel, cut the name you want out of one and weld it in yours. Problem solved.

 

Me too. 26roadster. Me too.

 

Best valve cover I've ever seen was electrolux.
I want one to say Hoover if I can find one.

 

Now THAT is funny right there!

Jack with someone and put "Pratt & Whitney" or "GE" on one.

 

I been lookin for a trick finned valve cover for the rare slant 8 Kirby for years with no luck

 

Straightpipes.... " Step out of the closet" that is classic !!! I was wondering the same thing myself.I just dont understand why would someone want this.I also have seen some Cadillac valve covers on chevys,I really am confused.

 

I'm thinkin' a fauxsmobile on one side and a cadillac on the other then split the engine paint with caddy blue and olds green right down the middle. If I had a small block I'd just maybe consider such an ugly thing.

 

Yeah but I only collect REAL Olds valve covers .
Us Olds guys build what we love, not something to save a buck then turn around and pretend we did it right

 

Baknthday [before sbc] runnin' an Olds or Caddy mill was a serious statement in a hotrod, you drew lookers right away. Today, somehow puttin them valve covers on a sbc, just don,t seem right.

 

Putting Olds valve covers on a Chev motor is like stuffing your crotch.

 

My winter beater is a 1986 OLDS Cutlass ... came from the factory with a 305 "corporate" motor.

My "rod", "jalopy" .... whatever you want to call it is a mid 30's OLDS and I installed a 305 "corporate" engine from an '83 Cutlass in it. The engine I am using in my coupe was factory installed in an OLDS and I have reinstalled it in another OLDS. What would be wrong with putting OLDS covers on it?

Sure, I can hear it now ... "that ain't a true OLDS engine, it's a Chevy" blah blah blah .... (...yawn...)

 

Cuz they won't fit and it will leak even worse than it does now.

 

Lighten up guys,..........first off, let me say I DO NOT have an SBC in ANYTHING....too boring.......but I have seen the Olds VC thing and don't get worked up about it. It's just a styling thing as far as I can tell...those early Olds VC's are much better looking than any of the factory tin SBC covers ever were.

Besides, how about all you guys with Olds Fiesta wheel covers or Caddy Sombreros?? Are you "posers" too??

What about '59 Caddy taillights? Real original that one is!! How about grille swaps etc, etc, etc.........

Personally, I'm far more worried about the National Debt and the US going bankrupt, and the consequences of that, than what valve covers some guy screws onto his engine.

Ray

 

Couldn`t have said it better....nothing to lose sleep about.

bill

 

Because in your heat of hearts you know it's still a small block Chev, THAT'S WHY!! Put "Corporate GM" on the valve covers if you want it to be real, and don't like it saying Chevrolet.

 

I, like others, think they look better than any GM center bolt valve cover.

 

These are cool too!

 

Here's an idea;

 

Early Olds Rocket valve covers are a lot easier to find and much cheaper that small block Chevy covers.

Bob

 

At a show in NY I saw a 350 chevy with the Ford blue oval on the valve covers. Don't know if it's a chevy thing or a ny thing

 

Well said Hnstray..........