A Classic Olds email list member ran across a novel use for a small-block Olds that's no longer fit for other than boat anchor duties.
I'll let Chris tell it in his own words:

From: "Christopher Witt" <rocketscience442@hotmail.com>
Subject: Interesting use for Olds V8

Man I need a damn web page

Ran across [not into] an interesting use for the Olds V8 the other day
Have pix to share

Mockup engine on a stand, no heads. Nicely painted. Silver block, red oil
pan. Flowers in the cylinder bores.
MAILBOX where the carb would be.

All Master's Auto repair on Kalamazoo in Lansing.

Owner came out, posed for pic, relayed "the story behind the box."

Used to be his wife's car engine. Std issue 68-76 #2 block. He decided that
a prop like that would gather attention, made it, stuck it out front. City
pitched a bitch, "you must not have such a thing outdoors, it's...
unsightly" [if only they would crack down on graffitti laden vacant
buildings so vigorously- a story for another day].

So, the man is hauling it back in when... the mailman swings by; discussion
ensues in which the mailman suggests that if this "planter" were actually a
"mailbox" then it's Federal Property and to hell with the city.

And that is how it came to have the mailbox affixed to it. Several years
later, it still serves well in its capacity as mailbox, ornamental attention
getter, and [the best part] a Stick in the Eye of the dolt city pitnickers
who had to cause trouble over it.

Stick it to Da Man.
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Chris Witt
*the* Rocket Scientist
1303 W. Miller Rd.
Lansing MI 48911

RocketScience442@hotmail.com

The gentleman's name is Gene Whitmore, and he's at Master's Auto Repair, 615 E. Kalamazoo, Lansing MI 48912 (517-485-6591), if you want to swing by and take a gander, or maybe throw him a little business!

On to the pictures: