Early hemi value?
- Thread starter crawsfire
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Only if it runs and runs good. No skips, good oil pressure, no abnormal noises. The good news is, it's the short bellhousing. The 51-53 engines has an extended bellhousing flange on the block. Unless you can hear it run, it's just a core. I paid 400 dollars for mine and ended up the guy sent me 100 back because he thought it was a 354. He insisted. here's mine now. Looked much worse than yours when I got it.
famous bob
mopar misfit
Still waiting on the install in the valiant !! 'get it running and driving ". LOL
famous bob
mopar misfit
Think it would be kick *** !
Looks like a Desoto Hemi to me. Get the numbers from the block in front of the valley cover then go to the Hot Heads site see what it is. Go from there. I bought a running 330 Desoto Fire Flite Hemi for $2500.
It would and don't think I haven't thought about it. I caint do it. The slant six is just perfect for this car. It's a match made in heaven.
abodyjoe
Well-Known Member
Yeah but yours looks like it actually RAN at the time of purchase. I always love how people try to sell a "running engine" with plug wires missing or off and zero gas electrics hooked up. If you caint hit the switch and hear it run at the time of purchase, it's a core. Even mine. That's why when I tried to sell it the few times I did I always offered to tear it apart so the potential buyer could see what's in it.
I heard it run on a test stand before I paid that price plus it was an unmollested original 4 barrel engine. We both know what it costs to bring these little darlings back to their glory. I was just going to drop it in the 67 Barracuda a couple years ago. Still sitting there, maybe this winter...
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