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 ====== Oil Pans ======
+Early 3800's were all shipped with stamped steel oil pans. All steel oil pans in front-wheel drive cars were largely the same. The rear-wheel drive cars (97-02 f-body's) were shipped with a slightly different oil pan with a drain plug located towards the rear of the engine.
+Sometime around 2004 3800's in w-body's started to be equipped with aluminum oil pans. Typically the w-body will have an aluminum subframe if there is an aluminum oil pan as well.
+equipped Bonneville's may have recieved an aluminum oil pan as well at an earlier point (?)
+Since all 3800 engine blocks are identical, any 3800 oil pan can be used in place of another if needed.