In 1970, my dad bought a new Chevy CST 1/2 ton truck. Hugger orange and white. Beautiful truck with many problems.
After warranty expired, I replaced the starter three more times in 50K miles. The truck wouldn't start good unless he had a really high amp battery.
Then the flywheel was damaged/worn.
I went to the same dealer he bought the truck from and purchased a flywheel.
Parts manager was a personal friend and during my discussion he requested the engine number.
I called dad and he gave me the number.
Parts manager said the engine had been changed???
I assured him we had not changed the engine and he stated it had a CORVETTE engine!!
I asked him how could that be because it was not evident from outside engine.
He suggested that truck line may have ran out of truck engines and they just pulled a few from corvette line???
He sold me a different starter and flywheel and the starter problem ended. I have no idea why the truck had a corvette engine or how many others got the same type engine or why all external components--valve covers etc.-- were same as other trucks.
I checked the compression and to the best of my knowledge, been a long time, it had a lot more then other 350s I had worked on.
Another problem was with motor mounts. Don't remember how many left motor mounts we replaced before GM sent dad a recall and they installed a cable mounted to the exhaust manifold bolts and wrapped around frame.
"Excellent repair" that actually worked if you could put up with buzzing vibration during heavy throttle!
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