Thread: Does Anyone Have A Chevy 216 V6 Motor That Needs To Be Rebuilt?

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Thanks for the reply. I kind of wanted to use this car to learn to do body work and stuff like that. If I can do all the body work that's when I would maybe start putting money into it. It would just be a project I would work on when I'm at his house. I just hate to see old cars sit and rust when someone could do something with it. You all are right it may never see the road, but I'll still work on it anyway. Here's what's left on the car.

90% Original Chrome Trim In Good Shape
Complete Shell-Unrusted, Nice Solid Body
Dash, Door Handles (Interior/Exterior)
All Chrome Bumpers In Good Shape
Chrome Grill In Good Shape
Seat Frames
Floor Pans Are All There With No Rust

Zak

Mike in Tucson brings up some very good points, and so do you Zak, about wanting to save this hulk from rusting away to nothing. That is very noble, and what we rodders and restorers try to do. But there are two things (at least 2) that you have to consider:

1) This particular car will cost far more to restore than it will ever be worth.

2) A project that starts out as a body that has been sitting in a ditch for that long has more serious issues to deal with than body and interior. Every suspension bushing and component is going to have to be refurbished and/or replaced. It doesn't make sense to make the body look nice and then start redoing the frame and running gear. Do it the other way around.

You can find these, or similar cars very reasonable on Ebay, in running, or near running condition (we passed up a very clean one at Daytona last year for $ 2500 because it wasn't our cup of tea, but the owner was really ready to deal, and it ran.)

Just trying to help.

Don