History Hang on to your Chevy 216s, fellas ...!!!

i drove a 216 powered pu to high school. beat the crap out of it, it saw 5000 rpm on a few occasions. it survived and is still running today!

 

U bought a 1950 back in 1931 that's truly amazing lol


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I got screwed - my 1950 3600 only has a 3 speed on the column to pass all that torque to the rear end.

 

Paragraph 2 says it all.

 

I also have a chevy truck chassis that has I think the early 194 six. It has a updraft carb. A dist cap about the diameter of a silver dollar. The old mill actually runs very well.

 

Had at least a half dozen of them thru the years. Only had one fail on me.

 

Here's some 216 carnage; speeding down the road at about 35 mph.

 

did it still run on the other five?

 

I know I'm kinda late to the discussion, but I just found this thread.
In 1977 I bought my 1952 Chevy Sport Coupe with the original 216 engine & 81,000 miles.
Had tons of fun putting 44,000 more miles on it since then.
I still own the car and recently (June 2021) had the 216 completely and professionally rebuilt at 124,000 miles.
Am still in the engine break-in phase. Looking forward to putting more miles on it

 

I found a replacement 216 for my wife's Grandfather's car after one of her cousins or her brother who was going to "re-store" the car lost the hunk of iron. They also took out the clock with a hammer! Anyway, th engine I found was out of a truck but th eoriginal owner pulled the engine and replaced it with the new pressure oiling system that came out the following year. So the engine has very low mileage and I intend "someday" to install in the old '46 Fleetmaster...

And Chevies should nottake all th innovation credit..both my '32 5 W and my '42 Fargo have the transmission directly behind the engine! LOL

 

My grandfather had a 40 Chevy sedan he drove all over North America in the 40s and 50s. I guess that car had this 216 in it? He passed in about 57 and my family used the car for a school-bus-waiting shack.