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Jul 21st, 2025 | | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 113 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 113 | I've been lurking for a while, but after reading so many good tips i decided to jump in. I don't own a Chevy truck, but I do own two Chevy cars with sixes. A '46 Coupe with a '61 235, and a '50 Fleetline with a 216. I hope to be an asset to the group.
I invest my money in precious metals, mostly rust!
| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,442 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,442 | Welcome to the Stovebolt madness. There is no cure! Since you have acknowledged that this is a TRUCK site we’ll forgive you for having cars. There are some (myself included) who believe that we don’t talk cars, while there are others who don’t care. If you need help with your Stovebolt motors go ahead and post in the Engine Forum, just leave out reference to cars. We’re really nice folks but are definitely truck snobs, we’ll at least some of us are. 
Martin
'62 Chevy C-10 Stepside Shortbed (Restomod in progress)
'47 Chevy 3100 5 Window (long term project)
‘65 Chevy Biscayne (Emily)
‘39 Dodge Business Coupe (Clarence)
“I fought the law and the law won" now I are a retired one!
Support those brave men/women who stand the "Thin Blue Line"! Hug a cop!
USAF 1965-1969 Weather Observation Tech (I got paid to look at the clouds)
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,946 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,946 | . We’re really nice folks but are definitely truck snobs, we’ll at least some of us are. The operative word there is "some"! Welcome to the Bolt! | | | | | Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,374 Moderator - The Electrical Bay | | Moderator - The Electrical Bay Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,374 | Welcome to the 'bolt. The electrical bay is pretty much the same. Try not to reference that you are working on a "car", since much of the basics are the same. Just keep in mind that most are thinking trucks. Feel free to send a PM to get sent in the right direction.
Another quality post.
Real Trucks Rattle
HELP! The Paranoids are after me!
| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 28,674 | Another ridgerunner- - - - -great news! I'm quite a bit southwest, just above Huntsville Alabama, but I get to the Knoxville area on business frequently. Currently, I'm working out the logistics involved in building a 266 cubic inch stovebolt engine with modern internal parts that looks like a 216 from the outside. Fun stuff!
Jerry
"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!
| | | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 8 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 8 | Howdy Rusty Heaps....also a newbie from TN here. Own a 235ci that I am finishing up a full rebuild on and a 261 I am just starting to resurrect. Thankful for the wealth of knowledge I have found lurking on these forums as well!
'55 Chevrolet Grainer
'57 Chevrolet 210
| | | | | Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall | | Moderator: Welcome Centre, Southern Bolters, Legion Hall Joined: Dec 2001 Posts: 14,522 | Welcome to the Stovebolt. as you can see quite a few around your area. We're here to help. | | | | | Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 113 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Sep 2019 Posts: 113 | Thanks for all the positive feed back. I used to own a '58 fleetside, bone stock old rusty farm truck with 235. Does that earn me any brownie points? 
I invest my money in precious metals, mostly rust!
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,946 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,946 | Absolutely!!  | | | | | Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,986 Crusty Old Sarge | | Crusty Old Sarge Joined: Mar 2007 Posts: 2,986 | The Man can't be all that bad afterall he did own a 4 eyed Bolt. Brownie points with me!! Welcome to the site.
~ Craig 1958 Viking 4400"The Book of Thor"Read the story in the DITY1960 Chevrolet C10"A Family Heirloom"Follow the story in the DITY Gallery'59 Apache 31, 327 V8 (0.030 over), Muncie M20 4 Speed, GM 10 Bolt Rear... long term project (30 years and counting) Come Bleed or Blister, something has got to give!!! | Living life in the SLOW lane | | | | | Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 1,003 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Mar 2019 Posts: 1,003 | Hey great to hear someone else still owns old cars too. I thought I was out here all by myself.. I drive a 51 Chevy 2dr sdn with a 261, 235 head, splits, 12 volt with a generator, Pertronix ignition, (which no one likes but me, lol). 3 on the tree, tube shaft with 3.55s out of an automatic car. I can go on all day. I have a ton of parts to boot. Im also putting together "Frankintruck" which is a 66 c20 body on a 63 GMC 1 ton chassis. Seems like everything I touch, I have to touch it 3 more times to get it figured out. Welcome to the site. Im rather new here also. Learned a lot already. Seems to be aton of knowledge all over this place. Nice guys to boot...᠁᠁᠁. | | | | | Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 Moderator | | Moderator Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 3,436 | Glenn
I also have a few cars!
A couple Pontiacs and Plymouths!
Don
1967 GMC 9500 Fire Ladder Truck"The Flag Pole"In the Stovebolt Gallery'46 2-Ton grain truck | '50 2-ton flatbed | '54 Pontiac Straight Eight | '54 Plymouth Belvidere | '70 American LaFrance pumper fire truck | '76 Triumph TR-6 Of all the things I've lost in my life, I miss my mind the most! | | | | | Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 390 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Apr 2012 Posts: 390 | Hey Rusty, Welcome to stovebolt. I am using a Chevrolet '56 235 out of a car in my '48 Chevrolet 3100 pick-up and plan to use a Chevrolet '57 235 out of a car in my '52 Chevrolet Suburban. We should meet up when I come to Knoxville. My son is in engineering at UT. Send me a Private Message (PM) with your contact information. Thanks. V/r, Nick | | |
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