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#57624 03/11/2006 2:08 AM | Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Sep 2001 Posts: 466 | Ya learn something new every day! I have a buddy that is into 1957 Chevy Trucks and along the way is drifting to GMCs. I went to his place last night to see what he was working on. A 1957 GMC 1/2 ton 4x4 NAPCO long bed stepside. That is a BIG truck. and a BIG V8 to boot. What is that thing, not a 283? Now I know the GMCs had a 347 Pontiac V8. He told me all about them and the optional carbs........on and on. This is cool, a new light bulb has come on.
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#57625 03/11/2006 4:35 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 1,571 | It's a Poncho of some sort. They used a few different displacement engines for the GMC V8 during the Blue Chip years. | | |
#57626 03/11/2006 5:43 AM | Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Feb 2006 Posts: 564 | The big Chevy's from '57-'59 used 322 Buick Nailheads. Called them the "LoadMaster." The 322 ended in Buick passenger cars in '56. In '57 the Buicks bumped up to the 364.
I wouldn't mind having one of those bellhousings and flywheels.
-Brad
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#57627 03/17/2006 1:23 AM | Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Apr 2002 Posts: 7 | my first GMC had an olds 324 in it and my second one is supposed to have a pontiac 288... | | |
#57628 03/17/2006 6:04 AM | Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 Extreme Gabster | | Extreme Gabster Joined: May 2001 Posts: 7,438 | The 288 was the standard V8 for the '55 light duty GMCs. 324 Olds? Must have been a transplant. | | |
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