I think I made a pretty good score last night. I met a nice old guy that was downsizing and getting rid of alot of parts etc. Among other things I picked up a crate 235 for $100 that he pulled out of his 56 Chevy car in 1977 and stored in his garage since then. It was running when he pulled it and it's in relatively great shape. It came with dual exhaust manifolds and an Edelbrock dual one barrel intake. Now for the decision. I'd like to give my dump truck some much needed power. It has a .060" over 1937 216 in it now that runs perfect. There's no "real" need to swap it out, but... I have a 1954 261 and now this 1959 counter 235. I could clean up and run either engine as is or... I was thinking about taking the 838 head off the 235 and putting it on the 261 for more compression. Any reason anyone can think of that I wouldn't want to molest the 235? I know a single carb is probably better for day to day, but I think a dual intake and exhaust would be pretty cool. Hot Rod the dump a little for something different while keeping it more with the period.
