I received a phone call last night from the fella that is rebuilding my 1954 Chevy 261. I shipped it to North Carolina about 6 weeks ago and expected that maybe, I would get a call later this fall. This is a luxury for me. I feel that I must rebuild my own motors and tackle the challenges, and feel the reward of a first start. But in this case - time is money, and sometimes time is more valuable than money - and I decided to have Troy rebuild it for me. This will sprng-board the 1949 Suburban project as one of my first full time retirement projects - where I can just focus on a truck without squeezing it in and meeting 40 plus hour a week obligations that ultimately go to the US Treasury.
He called last night and said the block has been machined to 40 over, the cam is in great shape and the crank turned to 20/30. He called asking what color I wanted it - and I agreed to celebrate it for what it is - and not mask it with grey paint to look like the 216 originally found in the Suburban. We agreed it should be the stock yellow 1954 261.
He is planning to bring it to the NE Chevy/GMC truck show in Hatfield, MA during the first week of August where I will meet him. He will have it mounted on his engine test stand and fire it up for me there so I can listen to it. Well, if fthis isn't a motivating factor to go to that show - I dont know what else would be.
Quite a luxury - better than a pile of lobsters on my plate and favorite 12 year old Scotch - well, almost as as good and close to a smoked pig on an open spit, a steaming drum of corn on the cob, mussels and clams; a few T-bone steaks, smoked ribs, a nice easy pale ale, 12 year old scotch (did I mention that already?) and 5 gallons of melted butter.
Tom
Last edited by tom moore; 07/03/2022 7:52 PM.
