Of All Things Chrome

[Rug_Trucker]

Saw this on Ebay https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/OpEAAOSwpPtoN0q5/s-l500.jpg

 

[Rug_Trucker]

 

[RustyRatRod]

That thing's been for sale for a while. It's kinda cool. Probably pretty hard for dirt to really stick to.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Here's the actual ebay listing. Can you imagine all the work that went into that? They had to grind all the rough cast iron smooth. LOL

CHROME SLANT 6

 

[Syleng1]

Somebody loved them some chrome.
I cannot imagine the cost in today’s market to do that. It must had be a display piece.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Somebody loved them some chrome.
I cannot imagine the cost in today’s market to do that. It must had be a display piece.

That's what Garrett said, but I'm not so sure. lol

 

[sr71mopar]

I wonder what the machinist was thinking.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Somebody loved them some chrome.
I cannot imagine the cost in today’s market to do that. It must had be a display piece.

I don't know if you'll be able to read this, but it was done by an individual.

 

[4spdragtop]

Very cool looking, I bet it would sell if there were some specs?

 

[volaredon]

Huh there's even the adapter plate to put a SB trans sandwiched in there..... That by itself has gotta be worth something
There was no chrome on the one I had, I bought a whole 64, /6 and 727 that had been sitting on a dirt, garage floor just to get those parts. I've since sold off the engine and trans as the guy wouldn't sell me just those parts....

 

[Rug_Trucker]

Very cool looking, I bet it would sell if there were some specs?

Why would you balance a 1bbl slant that isn't a "muscle car" motor?

 

[slantsixdan]

As a showpiece: extra super cool number one.

As a runner: I'd worry hard about hydrogen embrittlement of the cast iron, given the process involved in chrome-plating. And I'd expect the chrome to want to flake off the cast iron with thermal cycling.

Also, that ain't a '64 motor (5 freeze plugs = '68-up).

 

[slantsixdan]

Why would you balance a 1bbl slant that isn't a "muscle car" motor?

Why wouldn't you?

 

[4spdragtop]

My point was there's no specs on internals, bearings etc. Seems like a good deal if it runs?

Why would you balance a 1bbl slant that isn't a "muscle car" motor?

 

[4spdragtop]

Good points about being thrown into use.

As a showpiece: extra super cool number one.

As a runner: I'd worry hard about hydrogen embrittlement of the cast iron, given the process involved in chrome-plating. And I'd expect the chrome to want to flake off the cast iron with thermal cycling.

Also, that ain't a '64 motor (5 freeze plugs = '68-up).

 

[Rug_Trucker]

Why wouldn't you?

You caught the seller in one lie.How many more is he telling?

 

[azaustin]

I think it was Ed Roth who said “Even if it don’t go- chrome it!”

 

[junkyardhero]

chrome shore is pretty, but chrome don't get ya home!

 

[413]

And chrome looks terrible when it's dirty and oily.

That engine would look good in a car with wide open engine bay like a street rod.

I bet driving it would have so many oil leaks.from all the slick and warped gasket surfaces.

 

[slantsixdan]

Seems like a good deal if it runs?

In what universe or timeline is $6,800 a good deal for a 225 + 727, even in perfect zero-miles condition with top-spec premium parts throughout?

Looks to me like someone trying to get out of it what they spent on it – almost certainly much too much – which in turn was probably the seller trying to uptalk fame-by-association (namedropping).

 

[RustyRatRod]

In what universe or timeline is $6,800 a good deal for a 225 + 727, even in perfect zero-miles condition with top-spec premium parts throughout?

Looks to me like someone trying to get out of it what they spent on it – almost certainly much too much – which in turn was probably the seller trying to uptalk fame-by-association (namedropping).

They need to make it a coffee table.

 

[Rug_Trucker]

They need to make it a coffee table.

Carb off, cushion strapped on intake. ottoman! Automan?