What can be said about the 307 small block?

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Got a couple 307 stories/experiences. First was my dads 307 2bbl, 3OT 69 C10, bought the truck with 60k on it, he complained about the gas mileage till he sold it about 2 years later, this was mid 70's, I was pretty young and that sticks in my head first and foremost.

Next, in 85, I got a 72 Cheyenne SWB, OG Ochre paint, 307, 3OT....very nice truck. Drove it to high school, lowered it, ran the crap out of it, got 12mpg....for a teenager 12mpg was tough! At about 100k miles the cam went flat, we swapped in a .447 lift L79 cam, 72 4bbl intake and q-jet......wow, woke it up a ton. It then it got 16mpg, was a pretty peppy motor, tougher than nails....can remember floating the valves till it quit from a missed shift /linkage jam a few times....always started back up, never let me down. Later, I sold the truck to buy a 68 Camaro. I have kept track of the truck ever since......today, that same engine is in the same truck, never been apart from the time dad and I put the cam in it and still runs great.

Then I had a 68 Malibu with a 307, PG trans, 1 owner, 90k miles, drank oil horribly, absolutely no power....swapped in a 305 just so I could drive it...planted the 307 behind the garage.

guess the moral is there are good and bad in all.