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05-06-2013, 10:52 AM | #1 |
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Yet another "what's it worth" '37 (?) engine
I posted this on the FRENDS site but I know some may not go there who might want to read:
-------------------------------------------- As said earlier, I'm not much into flatheads but tend more to the Yblock stuff. I was at our local spring swapmeet this morning though and an older fella had a van and flat trailer & several tables of oldies & some goodies, lots and lots of Ford stuff, in fact it was ALL Ford stuff. I picked up a couple of garage wall art pieces and couldn't help but notice an engine he had sitting in the trailer. Got to talking to him about it, he said he ran it but that was 60 or so years ago, that it ran good but smoked. '37, 21 stud 85 HP V8 is what he said it was.
Had one of his grandsons pull the heads to make sure it wasn't cracked - he said if it was, it was going in the junk heap. It wasn't. He said with a bit of coaxing, it would likely roll over. It looked complete, included the clutch & pressure plate. It didn't follow me home, as I don't have anything for it to go into - including no more room in my barn! I think he said $450 or close offer - does that sound about right?: |
05-06-2013, 01:37 PM | #2 |
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Re: Yet another "what's it worth" '37 (?) engine
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(I'm a sucker for 37 engines, so I'm obviously biased.) (Comment on "no cracks"... Is that a visual - in usual areas, or, is that an actual test? I've found that my 'visual' is not very reliable, and I now have a portable mag test that I carry around - much more reliable than my 'visual'. Again, JMO.) |
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