Is it written in stone somewhere that all truck engines came with aluminum timing gear?
What years and engines, Carl?
I referred to 216/235/261 USA truck engines (and the Corvette 235).
I doubt that it can be found to be written in stone, but most likely it is printed in ink in Master Parts Catalogs (up to 1957 is on-line -
http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/ - Group 0.736).
I do not have a MPC for trucks after 1957.
http://www.oldchevytrucks.com/cart/product.asp?prodid=ME439A&i=10423|||||