Is this engine recoverable?
As a Mopar hoarder, (my friends and family call me that) I rarely throw anything away especially engine, transmissions, and rear ends....and lots of other tidbits.
For people that are throwing things away or scrapping them, I go and load them up and take them away for free when I can.
If someone wants some parts, I usually give them away if I don't foresee myself needing it at one point in the future.
I have at least 8 225 slant sixes, 12 318s, 5 360s, 5 383s, 3 400s, and 3 440s.
No 340s or 426 Hemi stuff left or modern engines.
And I will get more as they come across my lap.
Most are just cores, but some are good runners verified by me.
Plus a boatload of manifolds, rear ends, transmissions, brakes, and misc. other parts.
I've been collecting all of this crap since the '80s.
I know most of my stuff will ultimately end up as scrap (because I'm getting older) but I don't care.
It would have been scrapped a long time ago....all of it.... if I didn't try to give it a chance of having a new lease on life and getting passed on.
A lot of guys ask me for a part or a fitting etc. that I got from them years ago.
I say it's yours for free if you pay for the gas and a couple of bucks for my time.
BTW, This also goes for the car bodies that I bought in the early '90s because the local junk yard was crushing them out at $100 apiece.
I bought 25 or so cars whole of just stripped bodies....taking the good with the bad....
The rest I traded for, scrounged, or bought outright.
Some cars over the years I paid good money for, but it was worth it to me.
It's starting to even out, except the shipping and transportation is a killer these days.
That's my story and I'm sticking to it......
lol
Save what you can, they ain't making them anymore.......