In high school, I drove my 56 Chevy in the snow with sh!tty tires all the time. I also carried a gallon of bleach with me to pour on my rear tires when i got stuck....got me out every time.........wasn't real good on the tires, tho
For the oil pan problem...........there should be no problem......a small block oil pan is a small block oil pan......almost all are the same, some 4 quart , some 5 quart?......unless your mounts are skewed
Some of those old M55s squirmed a little when new because of the tread depth. Wear ;em down and they will go forever. Old guy used to come into the shop with an f150 had over 80,000 on his.....hard hard hard!!!
Depends on the series.....my 75K20 was "full" time and had full cover hub caps..............."full time " is such a lie.....if you didn't have some kind of limited slip all you had was ONE wheel drive, unless you were in lock!
I have an old friend that did concrete for many years. He always said "there are 2 kinds concrete, concrete that's cracked and concrete that's gonna crack"