Well, let me tell you what I know about this engine.  It appears to have
been loved at some point, there is almost no sludge buildup inside.  It
does smoke a bit however, but I haven't replaced the valve seals and
I've only changed the oil once.  It's holding 30-35 PSI at idle on
Rotella non-synthetic 15W40 when fully warmed up (midrange on stock '55
temp gauge)  I did pull the rear freeze plugs and thoroughly cleaned the
water jackets, including pulling the drain plugs after a flush.  You
would need an intake, carb and distributor as I need all that stuff,
also a fan as I'd like to keep the clutch fan.  Tranny seems to work OK
but I would like to get rid of the drivetrain shake before I pronounce
it good just in case it's something in the FOM.  Overall there are
surprisingly few fluid leaks although the tranny could use an output
shaft seal and there is a slow leak at the rear of the engine (either
rear main or else tranny front pump, can't tell) and it looks like the
front main is starting to seep a little.  Given that what do you think
would be a fair price?  I could probably be motivated to let you have
the A/C bracket as well if you want as according to Ray I can't use it
in the '55 anyway - not sure if that would do you much good in a pickup
though as it should have a different water manifold.

nate

I called it a race engine, because that sorta the way it was built. Jet
City cam advanced a few degrees, valve and head work. 15 seconds in the
quarter in a 2R truck is 'racing' <g>