Yup, those old motors are junk,the 10's of millions of Chevys made with them never got beyond the dealer's parking lot.
For driving around or actually working the truck at speeds it was designed to run at, a good running 216 is fine.countless Chevy cars drove cross country with those engine. Countless Chevy trucks,overloaded,delivered the goods powered by 216's.
Bad points,expensive to rebuild these days. In fact, 235's,261's and GMC's are all expensive to rebuild.
