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Location: Wichita KS
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Talk me out of this please!!!!
I am out of town working and my neighbor across the street gave me a call and wanted to know if I wanted to buy his 84 burb. It is a 454/th400 combo ps and a/c powertrain was rebuilt 30k ago and runs well. No rust but has been a work truck for years tailgate and doors are good as well as the hubcaps interior is trash. He then shoots me a price of $400 and pay him when ever just wants it out of his drive.
How bad will it be to use this set up on a 67 SWB frame. I am really tempted to do this let me know what you think, you guys know a heck of a lot more than me |
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
do it... unless you can`t afford gas. if nothing else sell it here.
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
for 400 id buy it and figure it out later
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
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Gone to greener pastures
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
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Talk me out of this please!!!! Hell no I won't! A running 454, even in need of a rebuild is almost worth the $400. But that's just my .02.
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
Buy it, resell it for more and buy a real '67 body to put on that frame....
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
I forget what crowd I am asking to help me
![]() I think a 3/4 ton burb prob has a scrap value close to what he wants right so no risk if the motor sucks???? |
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its all about the +6 inches
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Location: Hilliard Ohio
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
a complete running 454 needing rebuilt (which this one supposedly does NOT need) is worth 400 bucks.
Rust free parts on a 73 - 87 are hard to find except in so-cal, arizona and nevada... so there's lots of money there what ever you don't sell is worth 170 bucks a ton You've already spent the $25 to sell parts on here. If you have the $400, and the space, there is NO WAY you can not make money, and have a free big block to boot. |
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
You'd be crazy if you didn't go for it. If nothing else, it's a money maker!!!
Go for it!!!!
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
I know Andy I think she will make the journey across the street. This should be fun the wife is still pissed off at me for dragging the 67 home 5 months ago. Now to sell the 292 from the 71 and the 350/350 combo I had for the rebuild of the 67.
Now what other parts do I need to do this conversion? Can I use the 84 motor mounts and place it in the stock v-8 position? Sorry never thought I would be doing this ![]() |
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Gone to greener pastures
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
And nobody's even mentioned the tranny!
And between all of us, we could probably come up with the name of a very good divorce lawyer!
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its all about the +6 inches
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
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I'm kidding, we hade a very good divorce and get along better now than ever. But it's still fun to make jokes about it. There was a thread just a few days ago about someone useing 73 - 87 towers and mounts and saying he couldn't get it to work in a narrow frame 67. however, with some creativity, i can't see how you couldn't make it work. |
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Re: Talk me out of this please!!!!
Tell your neighbor I will come get it! (you said talk you out of it! )
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