Truck building has come full circle. 6 cylinder guys complain when people put in 350's to motivate their trucks. That's what they did back in the 40's and 50's too. The 235 is the "350" of that era. If your 216 or babbet 235 died, which most did, then it got upgraded to a post 54 235. That's the most common engine swap that I read about. 350's are the same situation, they are cheap, plentiful, reliable engines to power our trucks and get them back into service. In this day in age, it's hard to find machine shops that will give your old inline the proper attention to build it, even if they know how to.
There are alot of trucks running the usual 350's but there are also as many running the 235, so who's being the run-of-the-mill trucker and who's being different? Looks like 6 of one and half a dozen of the other to me,
Scott
