Looks like I can put in pretty much any 235 or 261 through '62 or so if I need to. If I'm going to change it, may as well get a 261. I looked one over in a '61 Chevy truck and if I take the spacer off the fan it will fit the same - radiator is in the stock position on this rig and it all fits, just really close. Maybe I'll put a flex fan on there. So now I just could use some opinions on if I can save this motor or not, before I go through a case of oil and try and add a filter to it -
Since I first posted this I found a guy with a personal page telling of finding "a lot of water in the oil" in a '52 Chevy pickup that had sat for about 10 years, though he didn't say how much "a lot" is and doesn't seem to have an e-mail anywhere on the site. I am thinking about checking some cars in the junkyard (pulling dipsticks) and see if I find another one with a similar oil situation. Maybe the 235 I pulled my used water pump from...
