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[MrGiggles]

6 hours ago, tjm said:

Chevy had V8 option  in '55 and 8' beds in '56 or '57.  I don't recall older four speed Chevys but the '62 and '64 both had 4 speeds and the dozen or so '49-'53 F-1 s that I owned all but one had 4 speeds, all had V8s too.

I thought the small blocks all started with the '57 283 and the 350 was where it maxed out?

There was the 400 SBC, and the 383, although that was not a factory engine.

They're starting to fall out of favor now, with the LS craze. Hard to beat a $300 junkyard 5.3 that will make 500+hp with an Ebay turbo and pump gas. 

[oneshot]

Best Pickup I had was an old F150, 300 six, 4 on the floor, 4WD.

Had a F250 with tag axel would haul 2 cord of Pulpwood on it. 6,000 Tags. Just a little illegal.

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