Hey all.
Thank you all for your advice and input on available engines
It's highly appreciated.
I think I'll pass on this rebuilt one.
I's questionable and I don't have enough knowledge or the experience to inspect it myself.
It's also too far away for me to send my trusted machinist friend to have him check out.
It wouldn't be very honorable of me to ask him to go check it out in another state
It's been rebuilt already and that would basically take promise of my business away from him.
No can do.
I'll look for a local block that's in decent condition a good candidate for a rebuild.
I've discovered that 440 blocks are hard to find or too far away and/or expensive.
I'd be more comfortable finding one close to home at a reasonable price but, no luck so far.
This could take awhile.....
My block turned out to be junk.
It's toast and not worthy of rebuilding
I really was looking for a decent '66 to '71 440 block (automatic) to have rebuilt when I came across this rebuilt one in New Mexico. I wasn't necessarily looking for an already rebuilt engine.
But, that got me to thinking that a complete rebuilt engine at a decent price might make more sense financially.
Maybe more sense than having to first even find an era correct block in decent condition, then the cost of rebuilding it and still have the expense of everything else that's needed to get it road worthy.
I'm not planning to take it to the track.
It doesn't have to have a professional highly built performance engine.
I just want a good running 440 for my '67 GTX to enjoy again for my personal pleasure.
I just want to restore the car and maybe drive it on weekends to a few local car shows.
I have invested a fair amount into the car already and I know I will need to put some money into the engine.
The costs of rebuilding the engine plus all the additional parts that it will need before I can get it back on the road.
That's a given.
But, I'm not talking about a huge investment into an engine for a car that's only for my personal pleasure.
It isn't going to be a numbers matching car. that sells at Barret Jackson.
Don't give a flip about BJ.
I do have pretty much all the original parts, both exterior and interior that the car came with.
The body work and paint have already been completed.
Mechanically, it's a different story.
It's an old muscle car and like most it's been rode hard.
The suspension, the front end, etc. will all need work/replacement.
I knew that going in.
And I expect there will be things that pop up that I didn't consider.
But, while I know there are costs related to restoring it, I don't have limitless deep pockets.
It all comes down to what do i want,
who's work can I trust
and how much am I willing to spend?
And not getting skunked on the journey.
