I've heard of engines being "boat anchors" before, but...

Used to use a 1 ton brake rotor on my 12 foot boat, stepped up to a 18 wheeler drum on my 16 1/2. I guess that is because brakes is for stoppin' ands thats whats an encore is fur !!!

 

Yeah, of course the first thing I thought of, was looking for a Hemi, or maybe a flathead with that Ar-something Hemi conversion kit 8=)
I guess they are being used as anchors for a buoy line out in the harbor, and probably got pulled out on March 11th, when that Tsunami came though the north coast ( that damned wave killed the harbor where I live, 14 boats sunk, all the moorings and pilings destroyed, we used to have a commercial fishing fleet, and industry, we don't anymore)
It used to be cool, if I wanted any fresh Dungeness crab, or Salmon, or Albacore, I'd just run down to the docks and see what my buddies brought in, and usually they were only to happy to share. Now there's like 6 boats in the harbor.
Anyway, thanks for all the educated guesses on the "pedigree" on the anchors...

 

I guess it's not possible to get a pickup near those or they wouldn't still be sitting there.

 

Me too!!

 

You can drive right up to them, easily. They are in the parking lot in the Trinidad Harbor.
I too am surprised the scrappers haven't made off with them....There is, like I said previously, dozens and dozens of those, some just a block and heads, others looked more complete with intake manifolds, valve covers, oil pans still on, etc.

 

They could have been sunk with a bouy for mooring a boat in a cove or something like that.

maybe? could be? possible?

 

You beat me to it!

 

I guess if you wanted to try and save one of those, you'd have a lot of money....ummm.. "SUNK" into it...

 

Judging from the white buoy balls in the first picture it appears these are the anchors for the mooring buoys which would have been out in the harbor for local fishermen or visiting craft to tie up to and take the dinghy into shore.

 

LOL.........there is an assload of those anchoring the big marina docks at Lake Lanier....a buddy of mine that had a salvage yard sold them for anchors back then. Big block Fords, Mopars and Chevys and an array of small blocks are deep sixed up there..some even with hi rise intakes and aluminum valve covers........

 

The #3 looks an whole lot like a bb pontiac or 500 caddy. May not be, but it is damn near identical.

 

Someone call Povertyflats, I hear he is really into Vintage engines!!!!!!

 

"seasoned block"

 

We spent a day and a night there as a teen on family vacation in the 80s. I had so much fun looking at the fleet. My love of the sea kinda came from that trip.

 

I think you can only use marine engine blocks for moorings ?

 

That BBC was previously an inj nitro deal. See that crack in the front main and the rear main is black.

 

Do you think with some good machine work we can get the flathead up and running?

BC

 

I'm surprised nobody has said this yet-

That sh*t will buff out"....

 

Those were used as bouey anchors. Most likely for mooring small craft where there are no dockside facilities available, or used as channel
markers.

 

I've never buffed an engine block before.

 

i live on a lake in PA and every 10 years they drop the water 10 feet to maintenance the dam... and i remember seeing what seemed like an endless amount of ditched blocks...this year they happen to be doing it again and im looking forward to making some good money in scrap!

 

Some boats use blocks as sea anchors. It doesn't hurt your wallet too much if one becomes snagged and the line has to be cut.

 

kinda surprised that california, in all its wisdom (tongue very firmly in cheek), even allows them to be used for anything. at one time it would have been oil contaminating the water, and now in a scrap yard it would be salt leaching into the aquafirs.