Howdy, I just found your site the other night and was lurking till about 3 in the morning. You all seem like a great bunch and I'm glad I found you. Both computers and wrenching are pretty new to me. I wasn't really a car guy as a kid but now I find myself fascinated with old cars and trucks. I've got a 66 C20 w/original 327 that I bought from a friends dad about 10 years ago. He had let it sit in his yard for about 15 years. Luckily the huge cabover camper he had on it preserved the cab, doors, and bed. The wood in the bed looks showroom and the hood and front fenders are as rusty as can be.
The wife is very tolerant and tries to walk me through this computer stuff. Also, she didn't skin me alive when I recently showed up with two 64 C60's. One flatbed dump that's in what I think is original condition, and never left the farm it was on 'til I drove it away. The other was a utilities boom truck originally and now is a butchered morphodite set up for hauling heavy equip. The guy I bought it from had it advertised as a C70 but the fenders say C60.
I do have some questions I was hoping to get some input on and I'll just start with the flatbed tonight as to not push my luck. Even though it probably hadn't had a tune up in 20 years it ran good coming home and for a few weeks after. I thought about selling it and put it down by the street with a for sale sign. (Since then, especially after finding your site, I've decided to maybe keep the old chevs and sell some of my other stuff.) Anyway, these two guys tried and tried to get me to cave on my price and I'm convinced they came back at night and sabotaged the truck hoping to come back and get it for less than they were hoping then un-sabotage it. With my very, very, limited mechanical ability I have not been able to unsabotage it completely. I drained 2 gallons of water out of the gas tank, blew out the lines, and got the carb rebuilt. It also looked like someone had started to remove the carb and distributor. I can get it to start when it's cold, but it runs very rough and then after running only a short time, will not start again and sounds like the battery is going dead. It's like as soon as it warms up something is starting to seize up inside. It's also hard to turn by hand. So, to avoid asking stupid questions, I tried to find any past questions that were similar to mine. I was able to determine that it's probably a 292 because the side valve covers are 6" high.
The question I have for you right now is this. I found a guy just down the road that has a engine sitting on his garage floor. Story is his friend's dad gave him the old C10 stepside that had been sitting on the side of the house for years. It only had 53,000 miles. He said he had to buy a coil and clean up the sparky components but it ran amazingly well even with the old gas that was in the tank. He's a self proclaimed V-8 guy and just wants it out of the garage. I can have it for a song. It looks just like my motor but I'm assuming it's not a 292 because the side panels are only 4 and 3/4 high. Would it take a lot of work to make this motor work in my C60? Even if it won't work, is it worth it to pick it up dirt cheap since I'm a pack rat and now a Stovebolter?
I've asked for a engine stand for my upcoming birthday and thought I might cut my teeth (and knuckles) on this 292 since I looked into having it rebuilt and can't afford it. I thought if this other inline would work I'd just switch 'em and take my own sweet time on the original motor. Even if I could just go pay for it to be done, I want to learn to do this stuff myself.
I guess in a nut shell, might this motor work in my C60 and if not, should I buy it anyway?
Thanks up front for any input you might have. Sorry for making this post so long but since this is my first post I wanted to introduce myself.
