I was at a swap meet , back in May , talked to a man over his trailer load of interesting junk , Chevs came up , as they do , and he asked if I wanted a sump gauge set for the dipper engine? ........
......... Well ,, trying to keep a straight face ,, "why sure , that would be very nice " . So we exchanged Ph #s and moved on .
Several months later , I finally got the time to see him , so off I went , and LOW , he was at an old service station , looked like it had been there since the teens , the old 1927 Hupmobile shop truck was still there in very restorable condition , several other cars , and LOTS of parts and INTERESTING STUFF spread all over in the shed.
So we talked a bit and wandered around a little , as my eyeballs were sereptiously examining the parts bins ( spotting '39 chev gears etc
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Anyway , he finally asked if I wanted a new engine for my truck ........ well ........ how do you answer that one ??? , new ? sure , where is it ? .
Right in that crate there . :rolleyes:
So there I was , looking at a NEW short block assembly , original packing , packing instructions , oily dusty crate , .......... hmmm ,, how quick can I get this onto the deck of the truck ,, LOL ,,
"Oh , you will need this new oil pump , and the gasket set ......... "
GOOD MAN !
I was so excited that I left with out the sump gauge tool set ,, LOL
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Had to go back the next week to get it .
I have some pics if someone wants to host them for me , I can email them , but not post them here ,,
Whatta you all think of that then .........
But wait ........ there's more ..........
Earlier in the year , I thought all my christmas's had come at once when , at a different swap meet , I found a NOS head , with a new set of valves . Of course I grabbed that , thinking , WOW , you never see NOS bits here now
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Funny how it never rains , but it pours .
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