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Re: 25% of stove bolt post are wrong info.

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Originally Posted by BarryGMC (Post 54546)

What. The 55-59 gmc trucks don't have buick motors? :noway: DAC. That thread with the 59 gmc on 67-72 is painfull to read. Holy cow. That has to get my vote for the worst. The blind leading the blind in circles while they all think they have made great progress.
My favorite v6 myth out there is that they only ever got 5mpg. I just heard this again from a local at the grocery store. I don't even correct em any more. I said that's why it has 3 tanks.
My second favorite myth centers around a 60 Chevy truck I have with a 348. 9 out of ten people who see it all have stories about one they had or an uncle or there dad had one just like it. It was ordered that way. Bla bla bla. I used to correct them. Now I just say bet you wished you kept it. Super rare and worth huge money back east. 50-60 grand.

Yeah Barry, that thread is painful to read, but when on that forum it is kinda like driving by a car accident. Just have to take a look! LOL!

I have heard all that 5 mpg stuff about the V-6 also. When I had a '62 K2500 back 2006-2007 the p.o. said that he had plans to pull the "5 mpg boat anchor" and put in a Chevy V-8 but didn't have the time. Made him an offer and drove it home. The way things go I had to sell it but the buyer promised me the 305E would stay in it for restoration. He already had restored a 65 K10 Chev with a hot rodded up 292 for himself and wanted the GMC to build for his young son. He was a 6 cylinder guy all the way.

DAC

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I plan on buying a a 2015 gmc with a stock 348!!! just like my old grand pappy did! not...
i avoid stove bolt, most forums i see are worthless now. Ive learned a ton from you guys here, there was a point i was lead to believe the old gmc vs chevy was the same as it is now, just branding. I actually first got interested because I was going to buy a '65 chevy for $500 but i saw a 64 GMC and realized I wanted the quad headlight bezel. while searching for conversions I found you guys and stalked the website then the forums and changed my mind, I wanted a GMC. Then i planned a 2wd cummins swap, but as i learned more i decided against it, these are unique trucks and i don't want to ruin its integrity unless i absolutely have no other choice.

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So I have been reading a bit on other sites. Stove bolt and 67-72. Ron aka padresag up in BC gets an F rating on his drivetrain comments. At least 50% of his post are full of wrong info. My 2 favs are he got his 205 out of a scout. And new process made the 420 trans and Muncie made the mystery 365 three speed. WOW. No trust on his words. Barry.

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So . Old truck man gets the idiot of the day on 67-72. Every v6 I have ever owned gets better mpg than a small v 8 chevy. This crap is why these engines are getting pulled. Punish this idiot. Please. I won't post there because an administrator is a a convicted car thief. Actually a 67-72 truck thief. Barry

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Well then...
Sounds worthless to me. But isn't it obvious most 6bangers are gonna be more economical, where as a V8 won't? Now obviously situational, a ford 300 I6 gets about 1-2mpg better than their V8's, the new 6cyl camaros get around 10ish better mpg but an old big block V6 I've heard so many different stories I'm not even sure anymore

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No other site is as "brand" specific as how Jolly built this one.

The other sites have all the correct info, but they also have all the wrong information and no way to tell for sure which is which.

Well done Jolly.

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I'll be honest, I'm partial to Chevy and gmc, but at the same time I appreciate other vehicles / engines as well. The ford 300 straight 6, 460 V8, Cummins 4bt, 6bt, and some others. But I feel its nice to find opinions and information from people who are brand specific

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Originally Posted by BarryGMC (Post 54956)

Agree about old truck man! Read his crap from today.

DAC

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Old truck man is your typical biased Chevy guy, can't live without the idea of owning or driving anything that's not powered by a Chevy engine, specially that ubiquitous small block. His reason for why the GMC V6 was discontinued is totally bogus, I have not yet after all these years heard a legitimate answer for it but was obviously not a decision made by the GMC Truck and Coach Division.

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Pete --

I don't know why GM stopped making the V6 either, but I suspect the bean counters had a lot to do with it.

The story I like best, though, is the one my Dad tells. He claims that the dealer who sold him the one ton Suburban I have now told him that too many dealers were complaining to GM about not getting enough business in their service departments because the V6 owners never needed any work done on their trucks. The dealers got their way and wound up with small block Chevys.