That's easy-Doane Spencer. It was installed in the Rod & Custome Dram Truck, which is a '50 Chevy. Spencer had purchased a new Bel Air in October of '54. Apperently, there was a porblem with the early 265s, and most of them were replaced. The dealers were instructed to have local scrpyards destroy the blocks, but Specer slipped the scrap deale $100 to get the engine. This is generally considered to be the first recorded smallblock swap. Here's a pic of one of the early incarnations of the truck. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=149228&d=1136077204
Don't let the cab fool you, it is a '50, but the chopped cab was a new (at the time ) '54 cab that Spencer ordered from the dealer specifically to chop so he could still drive the truck. At the time, it was his daily driver.


Bill Burmeister