Well, it's still there. I tried everything to get a glimps at that motor but can't do it.
They have the truck boxed in pretty good and now the cab is locked down. I coudn't find the release lever either.
I got inside to look for an access panel in hopes of getting a look in there but the only one it has goes to the top of the radiator.
I did find an options list inside the glove compartment but for the engine is has V6401M. Can anyone decode this? I know some older trucks used these type of strange option codes, my 69 stepside is one of them.
Maybe next time they'll have it more accessible and I can get to it.
I did get one of the arrow shaped tail lights as a momento. It's dated 53 and lights up in the shape of an arrow. Could only get the one, the other was melted. :eek: Must have been too close to a fire?
Bob,
Are you sure that is a 65 Chevy and not a 66 GMC? The 401M engine was a big V-6 "Magnum" with 401 (400.9) cubic inches, 4.87 bore x 3.58 stroke and 7.5 compression.
http://www.6066gmcguy.org/401v6.htm
http://www.6066gmcguy.org/EngineData.htm
"Magnum Engines
"Magnum" refers to 1966 and up 351M, 401M and 478M V6's with the large port heads.
The 351E V6 which was available from 1966 to 1968 in 1/2 to 1 ton trucks is essentially
a Magnum engine, as it has the big port heads and bigger manifolds. If you ever run
into some old magazine adds from 1966 it mentions the 351 Magnum engine available as
a high performance option. The 351's were available both as Magnums and small port
head 351C engines up to 1972. In 1973 the 351 was stroked to a 379, but never got the
Magnum heads and retained the anemic little WW2 carburetor. Though GMC never designated
the 432 with an "M" it was a Magnum engine. The intake manifold design was different on
the magnum engines to give more power and better torque by adding an internal baffle
that acts to develop better fuel distribution and also pulses that help to charge the
cylinders better. The exhaust manifolds have bigger and smoother passages and are
not restricted at the collector. They are found in 4000 and up series trucks. Magnum
Head V6's have much higher flowing exhaust manifolds due to the larger ports and passages
and the collector is considerably larger like about 3 inches in diameter. The 351E is in
all reality a pickup truck version of the 351M engine and has large ports and passages
in the manifold, but it has the bottleneck at the collector just like all the 305A, D
and E V6 manifolds. These manifolds are identified by their I-beam shape. 351M, 401M,
432 and 478M manifolds have even bigger passages but won't match up to smaller port heads
on the 305 V6 but will on the 351E which has the Magnum Heads. The 351C and 379 heads are
basically the same small port heads as the 305-A, B, D and E engines. 1960-65 401 and 478
also have small port heads but larger valves. 1966 to 1974 351E, 351M, 401M, 432 and 478M
share the larger port "Magnum" heads, that's what the "M" designation stands for. The bigger
"M" heads will bolt to a 305 if you're into increasing the performance of your engine."
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