Barn find 58N 392 Hemi
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According to Dan Sprinkle, who evaluated a 58 392 that I found, $1500 would be the price he would pay for a motor of unknown origin. Could be more, but not without opening up the entire thing and doing a thorough inspection.
That's about right. The problem with these old things ... they are VERY expensive to rebuild. Compression was ridiculously low so pistons are a "must" right off the bat. At $1500 it should sell reasonably fast. The best place to list it is on hothemiheads.com - could probably ask $2000 on there.
if anybody would be interested in buying it, it would be Dan. He has been doing early Hemi motors for as long as they’ve been around. Very knowledgeable guy, and very helpful. He told me to call him when I was looking at the motor, and he talked me through what to look for, and explained what I found. The one I found was set up for alcohol sand racing, he was not interested in it!
Yes, these are expensive to build, what Hemi isn't. I have a short block '55 331, and have 5K in it so far. Heads up will run about another 8K or so, but who cares, Hemi's are IMPRESSIVE...
Compression for a '58 392 comes in at 10:1, so stock pistons from Egge or Hemi Hot Heads would be fine. Bob at Hemi Hot Heads has a lot of parts available for the early Hemi's now that were scarce 20 years ago. Anyone interested should visit http://hothemiheads.com/ as there is plenty to look at.
black64
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hotheads is the place to advertise they have a swap meet section and plenty of new parts if you want to rebuild. I have a 392 hemi and used hotheads for all my needs they are great to work with. Also the H.A.M.B website has plenty of people interested in the old hemis. I'm also on the hamb with my 40 ford with the 392 hemi. by the way if the engine turns over and it is not frozen it would be worth more. Good luck with the old hemi.
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whats the backstory on that truck?
any known history?
looks like a crazy truck to be sand duning with a hemi?
A local guy owned it. It had a 440 in it, but he built the 392 for more power. It had a matched set of 64 Max Wedge carbs on it, and was pulled into that spot and left to rot. I dug it out a couple years ago, and with Dans help identified what it was, and upon inspection realized that the alcohol had eaten away at the carbs and the exhaust was gone so I assumed it was probably full of water. He wanted $1500 for the truck, And another $1k for a 331 Hemi sitting in the trunk of a car nearby. When Dan declined the motors, I gave up, there was nothing I could use from it. Not long after, the motor was pulled and sold, the truck drug out back even further, and this ended the legend of “Piccadilly Willie”!
Tune in next week when we uncover the real finds at this particular location!
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