Really depends on how much someone needs it, I gave mine to a member for a buildable core. 500?
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Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
I don't have a waffle house here but I have heard good things about it..
I have IHOP ....they serve kangaroo meat there
Wish we had an IHOP close! Do you have Five Guys there? Awesome burgers and the fries are killer.
Waffle house is a southern thing, I am right about at the "northern" limit of them.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
personally, I have never spent more than a hundred bucks on a running slant.
I would think the trans is worth more in parts because that is a good valve body to put in a 727 so it will downshift coming to rolling stop.
Some people will buy a slant like me but its a narrow market....few of us will actually run one. I have a slanty duster I am fixin to keep a slant but not the usual.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
I never heard of "five guys" till you just mentioned it .....I looked it up and there is apparently one about an hour away that I never knew existed.
Pricy but worth it, as long as your not allergic to peanuts, everything is fried in peanut oil and they give you a bag of them also!
Expire
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Wow, those are both pretty different values..
I was hoping to use it + some cash to trade up to an old RV 440/ auto 727, how much cash do you think i would need to add on top?
Watch the 727 it might have a short tail shaft on it. Put it on graigs list for 500 OBO and see what happens!
Expire
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Will the short tails not fit in a 74 A-Body? Is there a solution if it does have one?
You will have to get a driveshaft made anyhow so not really. Not sure about the rear trans mount location, Rani didn't you just pull one from a rv not long ago? I just did a /6 to 440 in mine and it was a motor from a boat!
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
Listen to him. ....I just realized your in PA.
I am in Colorado where rust is not an issue and there are a lot more old cars around driving the price down. .. out there in your area Is a different market.
Princess Valiant
A.K.A. Rainy Day Auto
So did you motor boat that
Sure did!
Expire
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Yea, I've been doing a ton of research into it. It would be my first motor swap and don't want to under estimate what all I need / what will work.
I used the Schumacher kit, but you can get away with just the mounts, made it pretty easy, I did a thread on it in the bb forum.
What rear do you have in it now?
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
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Awsome burgers. Not really that high $. Seems so if you compare to fast food. Actualy I think you pay almost as much if you get the better burgers, 'angus' or whatever, at mcdoodles. And, Five Guys is WAY better. I'm a peanut addict too, so that doesn't hurt.
I always knew you liked NUTS! Hey what would you pay for a slant? Just got brought up.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
Expire
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Yup, the plan was in this order:
- Replace gas tank
- Run slant6 to make sure it's all good
- pull slant 6
- sand and paint bay (just going gloss black)
- new wiring harness
- Schumacher kit + torsion bars
- Install 440
I have the glass 7 1/4 right now. So i will need to upgrade that as well.
I used the PST 1.03 bars, worked great! Definitely do the bay, mine is coming out again to do it, kind of glad I did not do it before, had a lot of mods to do after it went in for routing and other mods so a lot of holes were drilled. Hey also change the oem bushings if they are original, much easier to do now.
I have a 8 1/4 and it seems to handle it well so far. REBUILD the tranny! Just blew mine and it was a used one I got with the motor.
Expire
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Yeah, there will be a lot of refreshing going on. My goals are 440 in + front end relatively refreshed and body sanded by next spring.
zkx14
Duster De-ruster
If I had to have one... I dont think more than $100 each for engine and trans. If your lucky enough to find a buyer. There's too many around. Unless its recent rebuild, or some 'special' parts, maybe a bit more. But even then there's the 'who worked on it question'. I would be surprised If anyone took it as trade...
A pristine exhaust manifold is worth more than the rest of the block.
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