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...
That number is at the crank, not wheels. And the HP numbers is dependent on what head it has.