[FC] Engine block

[J R Read]

Mike,

Should you decide to send it off, I would suggest that you remove the rear 
housing since it can be used to turn a car engine into a truck engine.

Later, JR


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Clark" <mclark67 at charter.net>
To: "[FC] group" <corvanatics at corvair.org>
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2011 3:52 PM
Subject: [FC] Engine block


> Howdy group.
>
> I have what appears to be a service replacement block in my parts truck. 
> It has no serial number on the machined pad.  It turns but hasn't been run 
> in many years.  Question:  Is this worth messing with?  I've tried to sell 
> it and got exactly one call.  And he didn't want it.  Right now it is 
> still "installed."  It's attached to the trans with wheels, and the body 
> has been cut away to pretty much flat surfaces.  Maybe that's why the guy 
> didn't want it.
>
> I'm told it's a 3speed, and I have no idea what the gears are.  In fact I 
> don't know what displ the engine is.  The truck is a 61.  I might have 
> asked about this before.  The engine combo I was asking about last week 
> for my other truck will most likely be based on a car motor, so I have no 
> use for this.
>
> I'm tired of looking at it.  Should I keep it because truck engines are 
> not plentiful?  Should I raid select parts off it, and/or just take the 
> whole chunk o'metal to the recycler?  If anyone here wants it, it's your 
> lucky day.  In honor of Epiphany, it's free.  The catch is you come to 
> Atlanta to get it.  It rolls, poorly, but beats picking it up.
>
>
> Mike Clark
> Stockbridge, Georgia
>
>
>
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