Had that boat anchor in my garage for the past year. It had a warp in it or something. Ran real good for about 15 or 20 minutes, and then white smoke. I changed the head gaskets 3 times, the third time shaving the 235's head nice and flat. Never saw a crack in any of the cylinders, at least none that were visible by the naked eye.
The reason I didn't rebuild it is because it seemed like a lot of money for 100 hp, give or take. But I found someone who wants it. He wants to drop it into a 1946 Ford truck or something...which seems like an odd choice, given that he does have a Flathead V8 he could rebuild for that instead.
But to each their own. He got a good deal...the 235 was free.
I can't get over how clean the garage looks without that thing in there now.
