Ok this is now all over the place. I gave what I thought to be pertinent details but it seems to have created more questions than answers. Hopefully this clears up all the confusion. Probably not it will just make more questions.
I live on out west but my home is the deep south. I go home about 3 or 4 times a year to check on my dad and help him with anything he needs done. I am generally there about a month or so. He has 5 vehicles at his house that I can drive. Prior to my the passing of my mother my visits we shorter and less often as the two of them were there and I felt less was needed. I know the thought is if he has 5 cars why do I need my own because my dad being my dad. If I drive 20 - 30 miles in the car he is fine. Yet if I drive 75 miles in the car, we have to have the conversation of why I am going so far in his car. He doesn't drive his car that far. Yet he will have just driven 150 miles in a car 2 days prior. To alleviate this issue I decided, I will get a vehicle of my own. His old truck was just sitting in my uncle's yard wasting away. I could have very well bought something new or modern but that is not what I want to do. I want that his old truck.
Level 2 to whats going on here. Where I live, I have a 65 F100 that runs drives and whatnot but the engine was a bit tired. I was talking to my childhood (mechanic instructor) friend about it and he suggested I reach out to the schools as the students and instructors might love to do a rebuild on something that old. I called around most of them said they would love to work on it but they just could not. However, one school said we have a class that we teach engine rebuilding. It is not to be an automotive machinist, it is a class where the students bring in their engine and it is rebuilt in class. Mechanic friend says this is going to cost you far less than paying someone to rebuild your engine AND I will have learned a lot. Well now I am in this class learning to rebuild this 352 FE engine. Talking to the instructor and students about my two trucks (everyone is talking about their projects) they are asking why am I not doing an engine for the C10 as well. After providing all my objections I realize it will be more cost effective to buy a junk yard engine out here and send it home than to buy an engine already done.
As far as my mechanic friend, this is not about the money. We do things for each other all the time that is in the other's wheel house. I built out his wireless network for his 7 acre property that included running ethernet lines to all the buildings. Not a difficult task for someone that knows how but for those that don't it is a **** near impossible. This is what we do for each other on a regular basis. I appreciate everyone being concerned for his work and time but do not worry he will get it back in full.
His suggestion is to go LS because of the potential it has. Loudest fastest thing in the county is his idea, maybe even the state.
I am not tied to a 6 cylinder I really just do not want to be getting 8 - 10 mpg. If it is more practical to go with a SBC or LS I am down to do that. I just have to figure out which one. Part of my learning is not just the what but the why.
@PontiacHO Do you know which engine might fit the bill?
@02SE He has built tons of engines and swaps. He drives a 442 with an LS. As kids, when I had my head stuck in a computer, he was wrenching on a car. I have no doubt he can do the work. The 350 is a great engine, the one in my truck is not running.
@AdmiralYoda Sounds like a good place to start.
@ripcord No stress, I should have been more clear in what I was saying. That is what I get for hitting post without proofreading.
@redhat The local upull yard sells engines for $500 does not matter which. A few weeks ago, they were $100 as part of a clearance sale. HAHA
