Making power out of the 318
Get creative. I've bought cars, pulled them onto a rented/borrowed trailer and then stripped the engine/trans/driveline into the bed of my truck before hitting the metal recycler to dispose of the carcass all in one day. Some places want a car cut into peices first - couple buddies with sawzalls and grinders helps.
Never underestimate the value of spare parts. All the little things you get from a fully assembled engine add up quickly.
I did that with a rusty Dakota 2 summers ago.
Brought it home on a Thursday, rented a tow dolly from haul a mile away from where I bought the Dakota, (and a mile from work) went to work Friday /returned the dolly that morning on way to work,
and between my son and I we had everything I wanted off of it Saturday morning, towed it across the scale 2 miles from home with a nylon tow strap and... Done. .
i wanted the heads off of it (91, last of the LA 318s) the a500 trans, the '302 (actually '714 heads supposed to be identical to the '302casting, they are heart shaped closed chamber) the full gas tank, (at the time that full tank of gas was worth over 1/2 of the buy in price) a few interior parts for my 96 Dakota (like the heater controls, the radio and various trim)
I gave the guy his $200 asking price, tow dolly was around $60 for 24 hours, and when I took it across the scale 2 days later (can't make this up) I got 200.10 for the remains. And got what I wanted from it for free.... No, I "made" 10ยข... And got my parts plus a free tank of gas.
