Is there a shortage of 216 Engines?

[Mike K]

I used to correspond ( by snail mail , before this internet came along ) with a Chevy C8 restorer who lived up near Lancaster in the NE of England . From what he told me , Chev 216 engines and parts are not exactly common in the UK . I sent him a few items but he was always asking for any 216 parts , ancillaries like carbies, water pumps etc. He got a set of the UPTONS of Corowa pistons too . Remember the crates of them they had . MIKE