Mark,
Try Kanter automotive they carry parts for most cars and trucks I bought
parts for my GMC 288 engine here.
http://www.kanter.com/
Dave Cunningham
http://home.cshore.com/djcvjc/1955gmc.html
----- Original Message -----
From: <mark@noakes.com>
To: <oletrucks@autox.team.net>; <napco4x4@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 20, 2002 7:57 AM
Subject: [oletrucks] engine rebuild sticker shock
> As some from the lists predicted, I have sticker shock after getting my
first quote on
> parts for a rebuild of my 58 GMC NAPCO's 270 6 cylinder. Egge quoted me
$1300 for
> everything (probably wouldn't need everything but just checking) and that
doesn't, of
> course, include any machine work. A new crate small block Chevy V8 can be
had for about
> the same price.
>
> I haven't checked NAPA as of yet (someone on the list said that they had
almost
> everything for a rebuild).
>
> The reason I wanted to rebuild the 6 instead of going straight to a
V8/Hydramatic setup
> is that I figured that collecting parts for the new setup could take a
couple of years
> and given that the VIN codes the truck as a 6, I may want to stay with the
6 anyway. At
> any rate, I do still intend to go straight stock (58 GMC parts) with this
truck.
>
> Mark Noakes
> 58/56 Chevy Suburban, V8, 3-speed + OD
> 58 GMC factory NAPCO wideside, 270 6-cyl, 4-speed, orig power steering
> 59 GMC Suburban
> Knoxville, TN
> oletrucks is devoted to Chevy and GM trucks built between 1941 and 1959
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