Dyno pull

A stock 4bbl 383 would have had around 325-335 hp as I recall from the factory.
Now give it 40 years of wear, a lousy tune-up, a slipping convertor and your rearwheel dynonumbers don't seem that out of line.

How about a pic of that "disappointment" under the hood...

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