Manifolds are interchangeable so anything is possible there.

Here’s a great page showing the differences with the exception that GM Canada put a short side cover on later 216’s :

http://pugetsoundvintagechevrolet.org/Programs/6%20cylinder%20engines%20with%20photos.pdf


Look at the lower right picture on this page specifically at the tumor on the right side of the block:

http://chevy.oldcarmanualproject.com/shop/1948_51truck/51ctsm0605.htm


If the engine has a cover plate there it is splash oiled and as Patrick Dykes would say…..”walk away and look for a full pressure donor”. Where in Alberta are you?



Curt B

1952 1300 Canadian 1/2 ton restomod
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