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| | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 Bolter | | Bolter Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 7,440 | Pardon my ignorance but exactly what is a 236? I don’t find a reference to it in the GM literature I have access to. No ID success with Google either. Year and model of your truck please.
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| | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,780 Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) | | Kettle Custodian (pot stirrer) Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 29,780 | The "235" engine is actually 235.37 cubic inches. Like Ford and Chevy both did with the "302" V8, if you cheat about half a cubic inch you can use the higher displacement number. Jerry
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Gord 🇨🇦 ---- 1954 1/2 ton 235 4 speed | | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,966 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 1,966 | Well, it must be a GMC 236. Not as common but still produced by GMC.
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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)
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