Is there a shortage of 216 Engines?

[gazzaw]

Thanks for replies Guys,

Yes been searching for some time now and 1 we bought (unseen but promised it was ok) from South of England had a 14 inch crack along the casing and another (a 235) we went down to Staffordshire to collect although looked same had wrong hole pattern in crankshaft for flywheel and the castings all different for bellhousing attachment etc (this one will be resold for hot rodders if possible)

Am toying with fully stripping original (it was rebuilt in Holland in 50s with a VEGE plate on it) but it is leaking coolant into exhaust ports/manifold/ into exhaust. Suspect internal crack or leak in a place that can't be got at. It was running fine but one of our regular drivers roasted the enging and we had head checked, refurbed and ceramic lined etc but after putting it all togther it was still found to be leaking - hence need for another engine - can't see from pistons if standard or oversized so might need to get them scoped for actual sizes then look for a block etc.

Will look at putting ads into milweb and mags, had emailed Dirk on many occasions to but never got a reply.

Gary