I did some swapping for an 85ish C20 with a 454. The guy said it ran several years ago when it was on the road. It didn't have a carb on it and Squirrels made a nest in the intake. Pulled the intake hoping I wouldn't have to pull the heads.......No dice. Pulled the heads and clean the acorns and other stuff out. Upon inspecting it, this thing looks like its had very little run time on it. I can still see cross hatches on the cylinder walls and the heads look clean as a whistle. GREAT! I don't usually get a deal.

So now I'm thinking this thing looks too good to be true. Somethings gotta be wrong. Why would someone take this thing off the road, or at least not pull the motor to put in something else.

Anyway, I buy a full gasket set, new fuel pump, Q-jet carb, distributor coil and cap, plug wires, oil priming tool etc. Now just need some time to put it together.

Problem...........Nephew didn't drain the coolant when he pulled the heads so coolant went down the galley and sat for a couple months. I drained the oil and coolant (it has a mini starter and hi cap oil pan btw.)

Now instead of putting it back together in the truck and trying to start it, I think I may need to pull it and inspect it. Could the coolant have messed something up? I have to pull it eventually as its going to power a '42 ford truck, but I don't have an engine stand that I trust (I have a cheap HF stand) to hang it from. What do y'all think?