first48 with 4 screws holding the valve cover on you do not have a 216... Find the Engine Cast # like this one and post it in the Engine Forum and we will be able to tell what engine you have... Many of these old trucks have replacement engines in them... Heck mine is one its third one!!!


1954 Chevy 3104 3 Window Hydra-Matic in my family for over 60 Years

Once in a while you get shown the light in the strangest of places if you look at it right... "Scarlet Begonias" Grateful Dead 1974