While I had other reasons, I think GM and its makes lost a lot of respect when the
engines, all different in the OHV V-8 boom, partially begun by the 1949 Olds and its
successes, became, apparently, the same, across all marque lines. While I was enraged when my and a parent's new 1977 Cutlasses turned into screaming lemons with the same three failures in both cars, the unique Olds 260 V-8 in each was not the
problem and that part of my car ran on, until an early trade. I wish the distributor
and other components lived up to the engines. I am not aware that 260 V-8 was
used in any other GM marque or model, but now I wonder it it was developed out of the country for another market, Australia or ?? I also had previously a Ford Fairlane with a 260 V-8, from, I remember as, 1962. I drove it well up in miles.
