1969 C10 Bagged LS/T56 Build

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Had some buddies over to help throw the engine together and pull the body off. It didn't go as planned. We did get the cab and bed off though. I also got the bed cross rail notched to clear the tank.

The reason it didn't go as planned.....engine needed some work. General consensus is that it was overheated. This was reinforced as we dug deeper. The valley cover and rear cover gaskets were cooked; rubber was hard and they had to be scraped off. Cam bearings had a lot of wear. I'm guessing from oil temps or lack of lubrication when it got hot. Main bearings didn't look bad, but one had a small groove on bearing and crank journal, so that needs to be cleaned up. Rod bearings looked OK. We tried to find parts locally, but the only thing the parts stores carry are some chinese rod bearings. So I had to order some parts and schedule another weekend of fun.