Project: Haulin Crap

[monte0185]

Well What can I say thats what its gonna be for!! Haulin crap to the dump as well as whatever else.

Im pretty sure everyone has seen my green 72 I bought for 400$. Outside looks great but the 15 years it sat in the barn took its tole on a few places mainly the header panel in the cab and the outer rocker panels. Everything else is rust free.

Well the warm weather got to me so I figure i got a couple hundred extra dollars Ill pull the her heart out of it and give it a quick ring and bearing and possibly a cam job. I have a set of vortec heads i can throw on her with a intake and a few choices of carbs laying around. Plug a few sets of gaskets and probably enough bearing if i really dig. Yes I have too much crap dont we all. It ran ok after i put it back together when i got it but it smokes so this is the ultimate reason for this. Anyway heres a few pics.

[monte0185]

And a few more. I was pleasently surprised at the shape of the motor. Looks like its never been into. Still has the stock steel shim headgaskets.

[monte0185]

And a few more. Oh by the way when it was running it didnt have any knocking noises and it had great oil pressure. I just wish the rings werent froze to the pistons then i wouldnt have to do all of this.

[monte0185]

The head casting Numbers were 3986339X Not sure what the x meant.

Block as you can see 3970020. 307 2 bolt main.

Front engine stamp V0205TDA. Flint Plant, Feb 5th, 1972 307

[OARNGESI]

Nice progress so far

[monte0185]

Well I dropped it off at the engine shop yesterday. After I got the pistons out it needed to be bored. Oh well i guess. After i figured everything up it was gonna cost me just as much to buy everything as it is for my engine guy to just build me a short block so I figured it was worth my time to let him deal with it. I did order a cam and lifters and timing chain from summit and gave those to him to put in so that saved me a couple bucks. Its not going to be anything fancy. Just a .030 over 307 with a 267/277 cam and l31 vortec heads and a summit intake and edelbrock/carter/holley carb. I have all 3 carbs sitting on the shelf so its just a matter of deciding which one. I even have a couple quadrajets as well. But anyway just thought id update. So far I got almost twice as much in the motor as i do the truck. Go figure.

[STOCKISH]

Thats going to be a great dump driving crap haulin truck. Looks pretty good to me.

[monte0185]

Well counting what i have in the engine now or at least once it will be done ill have about 1500$ in the truck counting odds and ends. Oh and i got a steering wheel off craigslist yesterday for 50$ Heres a pic. My original one is all sticky and crappy looking from sitting.

[my67chevytruck]

keep at it....

[FRENCHBLUE72]

Sweet love how these things snowball.

[monte0185]

Thought i would do some glass beeding tonight. What do yall think. Anyone know what a set of these valve covers are worth? Also some shots of my intake.

[tdave00]

Got a part number on that intake? I am eventually going with vortec heads on my 307 too.

Edit. Your l98 heads don't require a custom intake like the vortecs do do they? I am gonna run some vortec heads off a 5.0/305.

[monte0185]

L98 heads require the custom intake cause of the bolt pattern. However they are some of the best flowing stock heads out there. Here is a couple part #'s from summit on the intakes.
Summit SUM-226018
Summit SUM-226019

I wish I had gott the second one now but the one i have was free so I cant complain.

[monte0185]

Originally Posted by monte0185

L98 heads require the custom intake cause of the bolt pattern. However they are some of the best flowing stock heads out there. Here is a couple part #'s from summit on the intakes.
Summit SUM-226018
Summit SUM-226019

I wish I had gott the second one now but the one i have was free so I cant complain.

L31 is the designation for the vortec heads. I appologize. Not sure how i manged to get L98 stuck in my head but i did.

[monte0185]

Well I got bored this evening so I decided to repaint my instrument panel. I read somewhere on here that if you paint the inside componenents white then The lights inside will be brighter so I did and painted a few more things as well. I really only needed to change my light bulbs but what the hey. Why not. Anyway here a few pics.

[monte0185]

Well i put it all back together tonight and heres what it looks like. The white on the bottom guages is looking kinda dingy and rusty but for a work truck theyll do.

[tdave00]

Free is always good.

[VA72C10]

Looks good...that truck was a GREAT deal for 400...and even if you have 2K into it with the engine you'll still be ahead of the game...

[tdave00]

Looking good. What kind of valve covers are those. Seems like I saw some on Nashville Craigslist that are real similar.

[monte0185]

They are an aftermarket brand x. I found a couple sets of them on ebay for about a 150-200 depending on painted or polished. They are in great shape just needed to be cleaned up and Ill prolly paint them and chunk them on a shelf till i need them. Im gonna be using vortec heads on my 307 so those wont exactly work. That and i have a powder coated set of stock valve covers for it anyway. Im gonna try to keep it somewhat stock looking but obviously these trucks didnt come with aluminum intakes and vortec heads so theres only so much I can do.

Once i pulled the instrument cluster out I realized just how rusty looking the whole pedal assembly and heater assembly are so im gonna pull them out next and clean and repaint those. Need a new heater core anyway. I also noticed on the backside of the upper door hinge is split at the seam so im gonna have to weld that up as well. I started making a list so I guess ill just have to start checking things off.

[monte0185]

Well got the call a little while ago that my shortblock was done. Then it started pouring down rain so I guess ill have to wait till tomorrow or sat to go pick it up. Anyway just an update. I was excited as usual for some odd reason. Not that i havent picked up a hundred engines from the machine shop but for some strange reason its exciting each and everytime. Kinda like picking up a new baby from the hospital only less cranky!! LOL

[VA72C10]

Originally Posted by monte0185

Well got the call a little while ago that my shortblock was done. Then it started pouring down rain so I guess ill have to wait till tomorrow or sat to go pick it up. Anyway just an update. I was excited as usual for some odd reason. Not that i havent picked up a hundred engines from the machine shop but for some strange reason its exciting each and everytime. Kinda like picking up a new baby from the hospital only less cranky!! LOL

I remember that feeling when I picked up my freshly honed block for my 1980Z28...rushed over to my friend's house to put it on a stand and start putting it together with his help.

[monte0185]

Yeah like a boy with a new toy!!!

[tdave00]

I've always heard it was risky boring the 307 blocks. Your machine shop was ok with it? So you basically have a 327 now?

[monte0185]

Its not risky at all. In fact a 307 block has alot thicker cylinder wall than a 305 or 350. Basically what ill have is a .030 over 307 with 64cc heads. I have to break out the calculator but i think it comes out to about 312ci. Nothing fancy just a basic engine.

I think im gonna try to make it as stock looking as possible though. I dug through all my stuff and came up with a 4bbl version of my 2bbl air cleaner. Im gonna paint the engine orange like it came stock but the valve covers I have are black powdercoated so thats gonna be something different. I dont think im gonna paint that shiny intake though. And im pretty sure im going with my edelbrock or carter carb. I have both. Anyway going to pick up my block today. Ill post some pics tonight. Got most of everything painted for it but i ran out of paint. So gotta run by the store today as well and get some more.