Hello, my name is Phil and I'm new to this site. I wanted to show off one of the cars I'm working on right now. It's a 1978 Cutlass Calais that has a rare factory 4-speed in it. The car still has its original Chevy 305 V8 2bbl motor, Saginaw 4-speed, and a 2.73 rear end. I've owned it for over a year now and have done some mechanical and minor cosmetic work to it. It runs good but will get an engine rebuild sometime in the near future. It has 141,000+ miles and burns some oil. I only see a big puff of blue smoke on start-up so I think it's the valve seals that are no good. Otherwise, it's a great car. Three different manuals were available in 1978: a Saginaw 3-speed was the base transmission behind the 231 V6 2bbl, the Saginaw 4-speed was only available behind the Chevy 305 V8 2bbl, and a Borg Warner T50 5-speed was available with the Olds 260 2bbl . It's a fun car. There's nothing like rowing through the gears of a manual transmission Cutlass! I will try to upload some pictures soon.
