Black -N- Blue

So my friend had this truck. A running driving 1973 Chevrolet Luv 4X4. It had a noisy timing chain and was not to be driven. Well it got drove! Timing broke. Put it on the trailer and brought it to the shop to take it apart and inspect the damage done. We thought we may get away with a timing set and a head job.  But I think you know what happened. Upon inspection we found that the timing chain bound up at the bottom of the timing cover and busted the oil pump right out of the cover! OUCH! The oil pump basically fell to the ground while we were removing the engine!   We honed the cylinders, did a complete head job, replaced the rings, cam bearings, rod bearings and all the gaskets and seals. We also found another timing cover. I have made this sound easy but keep in mind that it took about three weeks of waiting as fast as we could. Not because we were slow but because we had to wait on parts and the head. When it went back together it went back with a header and a Weber carburetor. That took the factory 75 hp to maybe 100 hp say it with me! WOW! LOL!

By the time we were done we had a solid running truck that became a daily driver that goes 20 miles every day. It has had no serious problems. The fuel pump failed and had to be replaced. With a little wax, some black rattle can for touch up it ended up looking pretty good too!