65 vette dude

Imagine that you have just found out that I have your original engine(BB or SB), in my garage. Rumor has it that I might be willing to sell the motor for the right price. I bought it in the late seventies for my failed 1972 Ford Pinto restomod project. The motor is complete, and original, right down to the original heads, carb, starter, distributor, intake and exhaust manifolds......make me an offer I can't refuse.

DZAUTO

Keep it, I'm not interested.

Tom Parsons

740izo6

LOL, 2,500-5k for a SB and 3500-who knows for a BB

69427

It's probably slower than what I already have in the car.

Mike Ward

Give it back right now or I call the police.

MikeM

That wouldn't make my car worth anymore to me. I didn't buy the one I have for the engine that was in it. I bought a GOOD car and put the engine I wanted in it.

However, I'll keep your name and address and if I ever get a chance to soak you real good on something you want or need, I'll be happy to oblige.

65 vette dude

Looking at your avatar name......your probably right.

1snake

I'm sure the seller thinks it's worth a ton of money but it's only valuable to one person, to everyone else, it's just another motor and they made millions of them. With that in mind, I might pay a couple hundred bucks more than a run of the mill one.

Jim

BLee

I might be interested but I'm not gonna sell a kidney to buy it. I recently saw a complete carb to pan 66 L-72 for 10K, NWIH would I pay even 10% of that if I had the original car. I've worked too hard for what little I have and I don't **** my money away. I have a very nice set of #858 heads on my 67. Got 'em cheap too. I'd like to have a set of #391 heads but I wouldn't be willing to pay the going rate. Some guys will.

MikeM

I know you're joking but, if the car that engine came out of had ever been stolen and had the engine stripped as documented by a police/insurance report, the current owner of that engine could lose it in a hurry with no financial gain.

Mike Terry

I have owned original motor mid yeay Corvettes and NOM mid year Corvettes. If you are not interested in having it NCRS Judged and all I want is a nice driver, the you keep the motor. Heck, for less then what you want for itand if I wanted to (but wouldn't) I could have my NOM restamped and you or the NCRS Judges would never know the difference. So KEEP IT.

raypilot65

I think it would only be valuable to someone if their car was 100% original except for the motor. Then it would matter how much disposable money he or she had.

Kerrmudgeon

What's with all the imagine cloak and dagger bull crap....???

nassau66427

I guess you didn't notice that chunks of the block were missing?

You can keep it.

GCD1962

I could care less if someone even gave me the original motor in my '62

tuxnharley

I like my ZZ4 better than the original L79 - or , for that matter, the '70 LT-1 crate motor that was there in between!

Plus, I have ZERO interest in all the "matching numbers" and No Corvette Restored Satisfactorily BS.

I've owned the car since 1970; it's always been a driver, not a trailer queen.

I really don't understand the obsession with original engines and "matching numbers". My take is it's just a financial scheme to increase the value by traders and speculators.

Ever notice how many vintage Ferraris do not have their original engines? Doesn't seem to hurt their value. Cobras either, for that matter!

bigearl56

Well lets see, My '67 had a CE 327 ?HP in it when I purchased it 2003. I was told by the second owner he threw the original block away. After much searching I found a '69 passenger car 427 390 complete. Had that sucker rebuilt added a few goodies and had it installed last winter. I realize this is a poor mans big block but you know what, I could't give a rip for the original motor now.(Poor English?) Aw the sweet sounds of that big block barking thru those side pipes.
On the other hand my '62 has the original motor. Am I careful with it? You betcha. SOOOOOOOOOOO what am I saying? If you already have the original motor take care of it. If not don't worry too much about it.


Earl

Mike Ward

Wow- what a response! Sounds like these NOM cars are really popular and much better than the other type. Where can I get me one?

sub006

I agree. It's one of the ways to establish a "pecking order" among the tens of thousands of relatively dirt-common C1 and C2 'Vettes.

Almost all Ferrari GTOs have American alternators replacing the crappy Marelli generators they came with. Nobody cares, all 36 original cars' serial numbers are well known and documented.

When an owner crashes one vintage racing, it can be hand-rebuilt from scratch for perhaps a tenth of what a finished car is worth ($200,000 to $2,000,000, for example) and be just as valuable again, as long as it has that original factory serial number tag attached.

DZAUTO

One of the things I like best about my 56, is that it originally came with a (LONG GONE) 265.
A lot of people are just not ready for it to come alive with the healthy SB400 that's in it. DAMN, I love it!
Hotrodding is a heck of a lot more fun than watching the numbers match.

Tom Parsons