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Melting Slicks
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Some later L88 crankshafts were cross drilled but GM decided that wasn't such a hot idea after all.
I'll look in an old GM listing to see if a code "P" is shown. I don't have truck codes though. I bet John Hinckley is correct (post #2) that it's a truck code.
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I don't know why you don't want to listen to John's answer. The engine was indeed installed in a Series 6000 truck. It was called a Taskmaster. That information comes from an August '57 TSB with full descriptions of '58 unit serial numbers.
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Thanks everyone for their help, I found the visual confirmation I needed through the lime book PDF. Sorry if seem a little hard headed but I've been fooled before by well meaning people just trying to help. but everyone here seems to be on top of their facts and again, thanks
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Thanks everyone for their help, I found the visual confirmation I needed through the lime book PDF. Sorry if seem a little hard headed but I've been fooled before by well meaning people just trying to help. but everyone here seems to be on top of their facts and again, thanks
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Thanks everyone for their help, I found the visual confirmation I needed through the lime book PDF. Sorry if seem a little hard headed but I've been fooled before by well meaning people just trying to help. but everyone here seems to be on top of their facts and again, thanks
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1957-1961, 283, 160hp, 2bbl, manual trans, in a truck.
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