Frank50,
My truck originally had the GMC 228 but at some point it was changed out for a "54 235. Later a gentleman bought the truck to use the 235 in a project and swapped it out for an old '49 216 just to be able to move the truck around. When I bought the truck it had a plastic gas can zip-tied to the exhaust manifold, no brakes, broken springs, and no wiring other than two battery cables and coil wires. I drove it home like that.

The first thing on my list was get rid of that 216! I paid a guy $3000.00 to rebuild a GMC 270, swapped it in and spun the bearings in the first 5 minutes. So . . . . .

Ten years later after all the work I've done to the truck the only thing I haven't touched is that sweet old, smooth running, sewing machine sounding 216.

I do have a GMC 302 sitting in my garage that might find its way under the hood. Some day.

And thanks for the compliment!

Vintage Car Artist