Yeah, I did not buy this truck to hotrod. I already have a couple of those.
"I don't know why I am in a hurry to get things done, I rush and rush until life's. No fun".
I need to adjust my attitude on this project.
I will now circle back and try to get the original 216 rebuilt. It was never frozen but I removed at least an inch of rusty sludge from the crankcase. I checked a couple of rod bearing and all had Babbitt missing. Some as much as a half inch. The only thing about the compression test was that it was a consistent
30-40 pounds.
I will take the head to the machine shop and see if it can be rebuilt and go from there.
Thanks, I needed that!