I purchased a 1958 Corvette last month. It was advertised as a FI Vette. After looking at the car it did have FI emblems, but they were 63-65. After looking at the casting date of the engine I knew it was a 327, so I bought the car as a 2x4 58. After getting the car home and doing some research, the engine was 3782870 B-12-3 3109310 FO2I3RF, the heads were 3782461 B-11-3. I know this is a 360HP FI engine. My question is "Where do I go about finding out who needs this engine for their 63 Vette"?
63 Fuelie Engine
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Re: 63 Fuelie Engine
Advertise in Driveline and continue to post the info. You have the 63 serial number via the vin derivative. If this 63 is still around and in the hands of a restorer you'll be well rewarded for your effort and will be doing an enormous good deed.
Varooom- Top
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Re: Sell off the engine as parts
Keith,
I suppose it depends which week of the month you would ask such a question.
One contingent here usually demands that you drive your car and engine "as is" (with gusto!) until the wheels fall off. Unless they have a soft spot for original C1's or fuelies, then I can't imagine why they'd now play both sides of the fence.
The second contingent will tell you that it will never matter if you find the original owner, NOM cars and OM cars are and should forever more be the same value. So according to them your FI engine's market value is whatever it would be to build a "perfect" restamp. This could be what the original owner has already done to his, so why mess up his tidy little parade? Besides, that would be all your engine should be worth to him, according to those terms.
If you don't want to just use the engine as is now, and would rather go with the flow, then tear it down and sell off the original pieces. You'll get more money out of it, and will be helping the way the hobby and restoration places work now, by building undetectable restamped "original" engines. TBarr #24014- Top
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Re: Parts? What?
T.Barr,
With all due respect, Please, slap yourself! Is this a restamp? What is it? We don't know. Keith check it out, if it's parts sell it as parts. Terry is correct in his thinking in terms of the money, however, as a C1/FI kind of guy I cannot imagine parting it out. I'll take the entire thing, how much? It will go into a box and someday...It will be "exactly what someone" will be looking for.- Top
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Re: Why not?
Ken,
I'm presuming Keith's engine is an original one. If you believe someone will want "just what they or looking for" then why not just get a restamp? Consensus is that they are the same value. The load of original parts on Keith's engine should be worth more separately as well as go a long way to completing two or three more "originals". Someone has stated here before that his friends know how and should be able to instruct you how to do it. Could be potential "Restorer" article material. TBarr #24014- Top
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Re: Why not?
In 1989 Jimmy Blakely called me in Flordia and said, "Look in Vette Views right away. Some yo-yo is selling a 62 fuel injected motor." I called the yo-yo who lived in Lake Tahoe and bought the engine over the phone. It was in his 5 window street rod. I sent a deposit and was to pick it up within four months. Nine weeks later Mike Pilsbury called me and said, "I heard you got the Lake Tahoe FI engine. I know where the car is!" I started to pump Mike for info so I could sell the engine to the rightful owner. Didn't work. Mike wound up buying the car and then sold it to me!.
Moral: DO NOT part out that which has extreme potential value. There's always an outside chance that partners may be someday reunited.
Varooom!- Top
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Re: The How much is Too Much Contingent
Wayne,
Yes, I remember them also. The same lynch mob that strung-up the good natured individual for wanting to reunite a matching numbers engine with it's orignial car for a mis-interpreted profit. Maybe that would be the way for Keith to go, to trade engines. But a one dollar profit won't go very far to replace Keith's, if the trade isn't what he wants. TBarr #24014- Top
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Re: 63 Fuelie Engine
Thanks to all of you good people for the responce on the 63 FI engine. I have not traced the history of the car, but I am pretty sure from what I was told that the engine was put in before 1969. So, I am 99% sure by taking that into consideration plus by looking at the numbers that this is not a restamped engine, this is the original. I do respect the opinion of someone saying part the engine out, but at this time I would not want to do that, considering the engine will crank and run. Thanks again for everybodys responce.- Top
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Re: 63 Fuelie Engine
Keith,
Though I stated many things about parting out the engine, I wouldn't recommend it and actually believe Dale, Ken, Wayne and Bob all have the correct idea and right approach. The NCRS is in the "business" of preserving and restoring Corvettes, not parting them out and "replicating" them. Best of luck if you can find the rightful car (and owner) it would match. TBarr #24014- Top
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Re: 63 Fuelie Engine
Hi Keith, Saw your post on the 1963 original engine. By placing the information on the NCRS Board something may turn up. I have been able to get two original small block motors back to the cars that they left St. Louis with and have with help from other NCRS members, located and purchased the original motor for a 1967 conv that I bought many years ago as a parts car. You could run an ad in the Driveline as others have also suggested and see what happens Good Luck Page Campbell #2299- Top
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Re: 63 Fuelie Engine
Tom, Given Keith's position I doubt if I would know what to do. But, my gut always says, save it. I know this isn't always possible. I agree, Keith could realize more money if he did part it out, it may take him awhile but I know he could. It would mean having to deal with a bunch of AH's (beating him up) for the cheap price but to me that just isn't worth it. I enjoyed your post...spent the last couple of days wondering if I had given the proper response, actually thought about this issue a lot, and realised that one of the great things about this board is that it does make you think about both sides.
Ken- Top
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