Thread: '86 351 Should I buy
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05-10-2005 06:42 PM #1
'86 351 Should I buy
My friend is offering me a '86 351 that is currently in a '86 E-250 Ford utility van that sits in his dads/ his junkyard. The van has somthing like 70k on it but has major rust/ frame problems and was junked about 3 months ago. Is this a good deal, the engine runs and is only $50? I would ither put this in my Falcon if I did not have to seperate or notch the towers, or I'd save it for my next project which would ither be a model T or a Gen 1 Mustang.You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
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05-10-2005 07:46 PM #2
$50 for a running motor? I don't see how you CANNOT buy it.PLANET EARTH, INSANE ASYLUM FOR THE UNIVERSE.
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05-11-2005 12:13 AM #3
NOPE
Don't buy it.
Instead, give me the name and phone number of the jerk who wants to sell you one of the better motors Ford ever made for 50 whole dollars.
I wanna have a word with him....
(not to be insulting, but I can't believe you even asked this question)
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05-11-2005 06:32 PM #4
I have to wait for them to get the crushers out of the yard, there a weird junkyard, 10 years or older stays but 10 years or newer, gets crushed, compleatly backwards than any other yard but for the better. The only thing they do crush that is 10 years or older are stray blocks and stuff like that. Be a nice motor to put in somthing.You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
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05-11-2005 07:08 PM #5
It's worth $50 as a core, much less any of the extras you get with it. Intake, exhaust, accesories. I'd buy it just to have for that.
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05-11-2005 07:33 PM #6
what, 10yrs or newer and it gets crushed? wheres the money in that . that is just wierd.Seth
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05-12-2005 06:01 PM #7
Originally posted by 53 Chevy5
what, 10yrs or newer and it gets crushed? wheres the money in that . that is just wierd.You don't know what you've got til it's gone
Matt's 1951 Chevy Fleetline- Driver
1967 Ford Falcon- Sold
1930's styled hand built ratrod project
1974 Volkswagen Super Beetle Wolfsburg Edition- sold
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05-12-2005 06:01 PM #8
351 1n a falcon
a friend put one in a 65 mustang . it seems like it was a bit close to the shock towers but no trimming and he had a 4 barrel, which was too close to the hook, Think i like hood scoops anyway.timothale
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