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how many big block trucks are floating around in here

not many..............

im surprised that there isn't more

I sold the two I had. One was a 1960 Chevy L80 series LCF Road tractor, with a 348ci. engine. The other was a 1965 Chevy L80 LCF Holmes Wrecker,with a 409ci. engine. You can see them here, http://www.classiccoe.com/oldcoetrucks/6066.htm

Hi Sad.
I'll share how my thought process went. The original 6 was bad so I needed a new or rebuilt engine. Being male, the first thought was the teenage dream of bigger is better! I considered Buick 455, Cadillac 500, Pontiac 389 or 400, an old chrysler 400 or 383 and more. Then I got to thinking about gas milage and did I want a muscle car or a neat old truck. Okay, I wanted a neat old truck but I didn't want the 6. So I considered the chevy 350 or the 383. But you know what, a lot of people have them. I began to think the neat old truck with a 6 might not be bad but I still haven't given up on the V8. Perhaps an old 283 or a 327, they have guts but they are not the 350. A little of both old and neat. Perhaps others will share their thought process, but that is how it is going with me!

Big power is nice but then what about brakes, steering, suspension electrical..... It seemes like all or nothing in a hot rod ,big truck or car.

My 63 K20 that's "in progress" has a 468 in it (it's sort of in the gallery) and the COE has the 454 engine and drivetrain sitting in a donor truck awaiting it's turn in the shop. Real work trucks need real work engines.
Scott

a 283 would be really neat especially with the old style valve covers and air cleaner and some camel hump exhaust manifolds

the 63 k20 is cool 4x4 is a good adition to the big block i have a 468 still in the machine shop
to be finished possibly for a 69 panel truck im looking at to buy

i have a 65 shortbox stepside , built 468 and in the process of building a 68 shortbox fleetside with a factory 396 , gas milage sucks but the way i look at it , sucking gas is one of the pleasures i have in life........remember , theres no replacement for displacement

I have a 61 k-10 with a 283, I love the power it makes. Not like a 350, or a big block, but good enough for me.

Actually if you look in the gallery theres quite a few Art Decos with big blocks in them. There even one with a 383 Chrysler in it.
Bob T

I'm building a 48 with a turbocharged 454 here. Still waiting for pics to hit the gallery.

a turbo bbc is going to be crazzzy cant wait to see that ! ill have to look at more of the picsso far really only seen 67-72

Still waiting for them to hit the gallery, sent them a while ago.

I have a big block '89 K3500. But that's too new to be a Stovebolt so it doesn't count, but I did drive it today.

I also have a 454 I'm planning to run in the COE I'm building.

And then I recently acquired a Cadillac 500 that I think will go in the 1-ton Dually that will be a '49 or '50 AD or maybe a '53 GMC depending on which cab and title I choose.

I like big blocks.

big blocks are the best i have a 468 in the machine shop now and I'm looking at a 69 panel for the bbc

I've got a 427td I'm building for my 38 Federal also. go big or go home, right?

biger is better this is the 5th big block truck ive had but 2 were 80 model 4x4s there the only way to go!!

Yeah, had a sick built 468 in my 89 K3500 4x4. That was a sick sum*****. Sounded like a drag car in the mud, then hauled the dirt cars on the weekends. lol Ever gone "trailer racing"? lol 140 down 1 I90 and the QEW racin buddies in there haulers. Man that was fun.

I am looking for a 6 with 3 speed for my 51 AD project. I just finished a 350 for my 72 GMC but that has the brakes and drive line to handle one. I built a blown big block for another car and he cost of brakes, 9 inch ford rear etc is something I don't want to do again.
Greg

I have 61 Chevy (super clean) that will be converted to a GMC-dash and all. I have a built dual quad 409 that will go in it. It will be painted to look like a factory GMC v6 and the valve covers will get GMC script on them. It will look like this factory photo when it's done.
http://www.gmphotostore.com/prodinfo.asp?number=53217863

The Ox has a 283 with camel hump heads and ram horn exhaust...

i have the basic cadillac hearse 8.2 liter engine in my 64 c10.

Wow! Look at all the "big blocks" coming out of the closet. I always considered the 348 Chevy used in trucks and the 58 cars as a big block. But I guess if the 350 is a small block...

I have a '55 Pontiac 287 V-8 sitting on the engine stand. That was Pontiac's first V-8 and it's pretty cool. I don't know what I will put it in yet. I also have a '77 Cadillac Sedan De Ville with a 425 V-8 and 400 tranny. I will put the drive train in something one of these days. But my '59 panel will stay with the 235 stovebolt.

I have a 396 in an 85 Chevy pickup. Before that it was in a 56 Chevy 2 ton truck. Before that it was in a 70 3/4 ton Chevy pickup I bought at the local junk yard and drove for a couple years. Before that I don't know what it was in but I think it is a 67 engine. I have had it over 25 years but not a great many miles on it, or at least I haven't put that many on it.

big blocks are the best every body should have at least a couple !!!!!!!!!! no substitue for cubic inches