I counted my small block stash today.

pittsburghracer said

Sometimes we find things we forgot we had. I have a 440 block that I didn’t count that a friend may take away. It’s the stock bore 440 (1971) that I think is an HP block. The junkyard idiot ya led it out with a high lift and tore a hole in the block. I was going to bring it down and weld a plate on it but I never needed it. His welder said he could repair it so that’s better than scraping it.

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Never ceases to amaze me how bad simple stuff gets messed up.

Around 2003 I was looking for a 360 and found one still in an old Dodge pickup truck that looked really clean, really nice. I think it was a 1976 model year truck. The yard said they would have it out the next day for me. When I returned the hood, fenders, and windshield were destroyed. The engine was out but one of the exhaust manifolds was broken. It was loaded into my truck with an excavator, and the old Dodge looked like they scooped the engine out with that excavator. Really makes me wish I had tried to get the whole truck just to save it.