Question? Ahh, what is it worth........warning 327 inside

[sodbuster]

I found an sbc 327 that is disasembled and it has a "steel" 283 crank/12-1 pistons/crowler cam/double hump heads/Mickey Thompson finned valve covers/ and an intake with a Holley on it. I know what the going rate is on Flatheads and V8-60's but what would you guys pay for a 327 SBC that is in parts on a shelf? Sorry about the post, but I am stopping back by his house in the morning and was wondering what to offer him. I know that I low ball alot, so I was thinking $50-$100. Oh yea, and he has a couple of Model A chrome grills in the attic. I am going to try to get them for around $20 coin.

Thanks,
Chris Nelson
Kansas

Oh yea, the valve covers are all fins with the "Mickey Thompson" stamped on the inside. No big M/T on the outside.

[FWilliams]

i'll double your money chris http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[sodbuster]

Thanks for the reply RACE, I thought of PM'ing you to see what it was worth, but I thought that you may be off the computer.

Thanks,
Chris Nelson
Kansas

Oh yea, can I drop it off with you next time I am up in the northwest. Maybe next spring.

[Muttley]

If those valve covers are the newer bolt pattern and you want to sell them I'm interested.

[Dakota]

i believer all 283 cranks are steel so thats nothing fancy, i think, or at least all 283 truck ones were steel. something like that anyways...

[FWilliams]

get it out here this winter and it will be ready for ya to pick up in the spring http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif



not all 283 cranks are forged- everything pre 63 are forged, after that they could be either

[36-3window]

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i believer all 283 cranks are steel so thats nothing fancy, i think, or at least all 283 truck ones were steel. something like that anyways...

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early 283 cranks where steel....i believe they switched around 63-64 to cast.....my `64 283 has a cast crank

[willowbilly3]

The value of the block will depend on the bores. Double hump heads can be 1.94s or 2.02s. A 12:1 302 with big valve heads is an engine that will mostly be doing it's thing when twisted up. If built right the little sucker would crank rpms that you wouldn't believe. I have heard claims of well into the 9000 rpm range.

[Jimv]

unless the guys been living in a hole or has a heroin problem I can't see him taking $50-100 for it.Thats a great combo & worth alot more.Those 301 where screamers.
JimV

[roadstar]

Check the casting numbers on the heads if they end in 461 or 462 they are the most desirable ones. Sounds like the whole package would make for a nice little small block.

[choprods]

Yes Chris you are a cheap ass! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
that stuff is all good parts and well worth MORE...... http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Remember guys they arent makin any more of those and WalMart aint dealing in em either!

[sodbuster]

Yea, I am cheep. I stopped back by today and he dug out the Model A shell and it was a stainless one with the Ford emblem still there and I bought a set of 9 finned valve covers with the side breathers on em' for $15 for all of it. The valve covers have on the insides of them "CHEVROLET 3376001" and below it "MICKEY THOMPSON" made in Japan. They also look like they are polished. I need to clean them up. I asked about the motor and he told me that some guy wanted to give him $600 for the heads and I told "Oh?, why didn't you take it" and he said that he wanted to sell the whole motor. So he told me that he wanted $300 for the complete motor, so I got his number. I am going to try to get it for $200. Here is the numbers from mortec:

Engine Block: 3858174....327...64-67...2

Heads: 3927186....69-70...302/350......Camel hump,64cc chambers,accessory holes

[Slag Kustom]

give him the $300 for it and sell the heads http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[G V Gordon]

Hey Chris, hope you don't break a leg tripping over all those rare and desirable parts you keep findin'. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[choprods]

Thats better yet-a, Z-28 Head number-SELL SELL SELL! http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[stoggie]

just ask who wanted to give $600 for the heads give him his $300 and you are ahead.
Where you at in KS - I think I need to hang out with you a little. Everybody around here is really high on stuff right now. Then again Rocky finds these deals every now and again too. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif

[SamIyam]

The guy is yanking your chain about the heads... why wouldn't he sell the guy the whole motor for $600 or even $300...

Anyway, if it is all good stuff, it's well worth $300... put that little screamer in a drag car and take it to the HAMB Drags to HAVE FUN!

Sam.

[Roothawg]

I'd try and get it for 200. The pistons are probably old standards(heavy). I know the old pistons in my 265 are twice the weight of the new ones.
The heads would be good builders. You don't need giant runners with a small block. John Lingerfelter's book says you can actually lose power by going to a giant runner thus losing your port velocity. Use the whole setup. You might wanna take an inside micrometer and make sure the pistons and the holes are the same size.

[SamIyam]

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You might wanna take an inside micrometer and make sure the pistons and the holes are the same size.

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If they are the same size, I'd pass on the deal... the pistons should be a LRCH smaller. http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wink.gif
Sam.

[FWilliams]

ok ok , i will drive back out there, but you tell him i am not giving him a penny over 100.00 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif


it would look good sittin next to the cochran 327 http://www.jalopyjournal.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smirk.gif

[heyitsnate]

i went to my local junkyard,and asked if he had any sbc runners....he led me to a caprice with an early 327 that replaced the original 396...it had camel humps,and i pulled it and dragged it home for $250,without ever hearing it run,and man that thing is a WICKED little motor! new gaskets,water pump,etc,and she fired right up! they're out there....