If you can't convince him to sell it can I try?
----- Original Message -----
From: <bmdumkee@auroranet.nt.ca>
To: "Devin Timmons" <64bowtie@quik.com>
Cc: "oletrucks list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, December 01, 2002 10:34 AM
Subject: Re: [oletrucks] Big Block
> The engine is this 72 C20 is definitely the original engine. The truck is
still owned by the farmer who bought it new to pull his holiday trailer. It
only has 40 167 original miles. It has spent it's life in a garage. The
vinyl seat, padded dash, and steering wheel have no cracks. The carpeted
floors are not even matted, and the wood box floor is in great shape.
>
> It does have a small dent in the top of the tailgate a big back bumper and
a 5th wheel hitch in the box.
>
> Now I'm just trying to convince him to sell it, and establish a value for
the truck.
>
> Blaine
> ============================================================
> From: "Devin Timmons" <64bowtie@quik.com>
> Date: Sun, 1 Dec 2002 11:34:44 -0800
> To: "oletrucks list" <oletrucks@autox.team.net>
> Subject: [oletrucks] Big Block
>
> A little history on the 400 BB. The 396 debuted in mid 1965, and was run
> through the 1969 model year. In 1970, it was still billed as a 396, but
was
> actually bored .030 bigger at the factory to 402. In 1971, it was sold as
a
> 400, which was the cause of much confusion because of the 400 sb that also
> came out in 1970. An easy way to identify it is the balancer. A 454 in
> externally balanced, and the balancer is not evenly weighted all the way
> around, where as the short-stroke 396/402/427 all used the same crank and
> balancer. It is smooth and evenly weighted. In a vehicle as old as this
1972
> is, it's quite possible that the original 402 was replaced with a 454 due
to
> the fact they are easier to come by than the 402 is these days.
>
> Devin
>
> big block guru
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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