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Originally posted by notlostmaybe
the 300turbo
sounds like the perfect replacement engine for a
60-70's american pickup.
don
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The cost and complexity of retrofitting a 617 engine is probably not the most cost effective solution for those trucks. Those old trucks were very simple and extremely easy to work on with their original engines. Parts are still widely available for them. Their engines may not have been the most economical but they got the job done and they did last a long time properly maintained. I know an old guy near where I live that's still driving around in his '63 Chevy 1/2 ton truck he bought new. He says the odometer has gone around 5 times and he's still running the same V-8 engine without ever rebuilding it. He's put in three clutches in it over that time though. But that's the only major thing he's done to it.