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Originally Posted by litew8
I seriously doubt you are going to get that engine running if it truely has sat for 38 years.
You would have to tear it apart and reassemble it, and even then it might not go without $$ thrown at it (read new engine).
I'd definitely keep the BLOCK and rebuild it.
just saying  |
Oh it can be done. I did it to a 67 Mercury Cougar. It was wrecked in 73 and sat until 2006 when i bought it. Locked up tighter than a well diggers butt.
Never smoked, never took the engine APART. Ran like a singer sewing machine. LonghornMan can testify to it.
And i personally know how hard it is in Ohio to get a title done and make them put actual miles on it. My Cougar only had 71K on it when i bought it. They tried to tell me it didn't matter. That they were going to just say it was over. I cried foul. Showed them pics of the 73 tags i took off of it. Told them they could call the original owner and ask her. That it was original and they were going to put ACTUAL mileage on the title. Because it was actual.
Lots of little things on this truck area sign that mileage is ACTUAL. Look at the chrome on the instrument bezel. Not worn. They are ALWAYS worn on trucks with lots of mileage. From wiping dust off guages all the time.