You may be right about the filter. Yeah, that is
the engine. The 265 first
showed up in 1955 and has been developed ever
since. It has actually been built
in versions up to 400 C.I.D.
Bill Lawrence
Kirk Hillman wrote:
> > If a bypass filter is acceptable to you and originality is not too
> important, a
> > lot of older vehicles used them until the end of the dark ages. One that
> comes
> > to mind is the 55 Chevy. The unit could mount just about anywhere there is
> room
> > and, for your convenience, the top removes to change the element. I'm sure
> > elements for these are readily available and cheap.
>
> Bill,
> I hope you aren't talking about the V8 that was introduced in '55. The
> small block chevy had NO FILTER at all in its first year. Starting in '56
> it had the full-flow oil-filter system. You all know the 350 was originally
> a 265 CI, right? (Just thought I would throw in some trivia recently
> learned! ;-)
>
> Kirk
>
> NB- Bill, actually I assume you are talking about a different engine
> altogether...
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