That's pretty funny.. Random bit I recall, the domestic guys using GM v8 diesel blocks to build some very stout gas motors years ago.
Not stout enough for diesel use, but apparently makes a great gas race engine... Who would have thought?
I'd like to have an old GM wagon with a diesel 350, there's a number of folks that have worked out what they need to surviveapparently. I've met just as many people that say VW and Volvo diesels constantly blow headgaskets and are junk as I have saying the old GM auto diesels were junk, so I'm reserving judgement till I stumble across one. Also, I'm a sucker.