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Old 23-04-16, 22:03
Lynn Eades Lynn Eades is offline
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Currently Stew there are 3 listings on "Trademe" (your Kijiji?)
There are two motors, laying outside. Both seized. One is early (should have) w. pumps in heads the other, later. Start price of auction $100.00
The next one is a motor and spare block $1900.00 start price. The last one is a motor that ran 2 years ago, listed at $3300.00.

I could buy parts to rebuild a motor from the various dealers in N.Z., but I find it's cheaper to import the bits myself. We are past the day when you can readily pick up a good motor for a low price. You need to be in the know or you pay and pay.
The block I am doing up came from a paddock where it had sat with no heads or sump and I broke the pistons out of it.
I do have a military block, that I haven't yet had crack tested that a chap from the Fordbarn forum (Brian B...... from Masterton) very generously gave me. I have another yet, up my sleeve (it feels better that way)

My experience has been that a 3 3/16 bore flatty, that the crank turns in, will cost about $500 to $800 with heads manifold, and sump in place. No other guarantees. Some ancilleries might come with it. A runner is another story.

I don't think the above two high price listings will sell, but it only takes one idiot.
As I stated early on in this thread, my first two blocks and cranks went to the scrap man, the blocks with cracks around the centre and rear mains.
If a motor was pulled many years ago, it has something wrong.(people ran them until they stopped, blew the dipstick out or they couldn't keep oil in them) If it is a complete motor, you might be lucky enough, that a hot rodder has pulled it to put in a Chev (It might be good, but he's looking to recover some costs)
Here it is in a nutshell:
If I could buy a good runner for cheap , I'd be in like Flynn, but if I have to rebuild it, I may as well do it properly.
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