What would you offer/pay for a 75' C-body 360?

[greymouser7]

150,000 miles, "doesn't burn oil" {am thinking core}
Comes with A/C stuff & accessories.

I could probably hear it run Friday.

I can't get local 5.9 magnums at the price that previous FABO enthusiast claimed-not locally.

Am not sure I wanna gamble with $600 for magnum that would slowly get built/checked-out between deployments.

 

[greymouser7]

What should I
Ask
Look for
Check- & how?

Thank you
Thank you

 

[RogerRamRod]

I knew C bodies were big, but 75'?

28 feet from bumper to bumper,
last of the sweet old time gas guzzlers,
hard to drive, harder to park,
but when you do, somebody remarks-
That's a mighty big car

Maybe should post this on the Caddy forum

 

[greymouser7]

Just the 360.

I don't care if they make a 3 story tall dump truck, I am about the SBM.

 

[Bad Sport]

{am thinking core}

Average around here is 300 bucks.

 

[krazykuda]

The best thing to do is a compression check of all cylinders...

Pull a valve cover and see if it has very much sludge etc in it...

 

[Princess Valiant]

you can probably soak a lot of parts off the car and either use or sell.

disc brakes, misc. parts here and there.

I would do 500. easy especially if I can hear it running.

if the car is in decent shape with a title you may even be able to sell the car sans the engine.

Anything that old is worth something. You didn't mention what kind of car but there are probably people out there looking for odds and ends from that type of car.

people build a lot of odd ball cars these days ...like old wagons and off years cars

 

[Bad Sport]

But, ^^, he's only buying the engine, lol.

 

[cosgig]

I think he's just buying the motor!! I would limit my $$ to $300 due to the mileage, and plan a rebuild!

 

[Princess Valiant]

But, ^^, he's only buying the engine, lol.

oops....by putting "c-body" in the title it leads one to believe there is a C-body involved .......a 360 is a 360 no matter what kind of vehicle it comes from

 

[Bad Sport]

oops....by putting "c-body" in the title it leads one to believe there is a C-body involved .......a 360 is a 360 no matter what kind of vehicle it comes from

I know, that's what I thought too, until he clarified it.

 

[Princess Valiant]

I think he's just buying the motor!! I would limit my $$ to $300 due to the mileage, and plan a rebuild!

agreed ....3 bills is plenty for a good core

 

[DFX 340 Duster]

I was looking forward to seeing a photo of the 75' c-body!!

 

[Princess Valiant]

I was looking forward to seeing a photo of the 75' c-body!!

meeee tooooo actually because many already know I am into "late A's" so I can appreciate the forgotten but still cool mid to late 70s

 

[318willrun]

people are going to price according to what they'd pay in there area. In my area, about 200 for a 360 2 bbl, one that ran. there was one on CL complete carb to pan for 200.00.

 

[RustyRatRod]

Check LKQ. They usually have them. There is one in Savannah, and Jenkinsberg, Georgia. That's like 45 minutes up the road from me. I found my 5.0 there for 300 on Ebay. They run specials on Ebay. Just do a search till you find an engine of any kind from LKQ in your area then search their Ebay page. They offer a 6 month warranty as their smallest warranty on engines.

 

[Infecteddog]

$300 sounds reasonable, unlike your average junkyard 360 it has a car pan.

 

[318willrun]

$300 sounds reasonable, unlike your average junkyard 360 it has a car pan.

360 car oil pan is a + . If you can here it run, that's another big plus.