Given this truck's history and general condition, butchering it up to put a 3rd.-generation engine in it, even a 292, would be a hanging offense. I know where there is a high water pump 261 available for a reasonable price, about 100 miles from you. That would be "the best of all possible worlds", especially if it's dressed up to resemble a spray-oiler engine like John's is.
Edit: I just touched base with the guy near Jackson- - - -the early-casting 261 is still available, just waiting for me to go pick it up! Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt! There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
