long story short... 2 weeks ago responded to a craigs ad for a '67 442 that burned in a house fire. after seeing the car & validating that it had the 400E engine, OG code th400 switch pitch trans & posi "poncho" differential a deal was struck for $400 (PARTS ONLY). catch was i only had 2 days to pull everything. the owners didn't have much history about the car just that they had purchased it a few years before mildly restored. car ran & drove before it burned to the ground. so i got all the parts home, engine in the stand naturally assuming a complete rebuild but pulled the intake today & i'm surprised how clean this thing looks inside. so while i got this thing on the stand are there any checks/measurements i can do to help me decide whether to rebuild or run as is? i have a factory service manual for '67 & the Mondello tech manual. any help, tips or info is greatly appreciated! thanks

here are some pics of the car & block

 

I took a 76 350 out of a cutlass
that was burned as bad as this one,
dug what was left of the carb out
of the manifold, replaced it and the
melted alt. dropped in in a 74 442,
and drove it three more years with no
problems. I did have to replace the fuel
pump and dizzy too.

 

know what you mean. alt was melted & carb was burnt to a crisp. hopefully this block has the same fate.

 

Well, it did not melt the wheels, I might assume the seals are ok. Also there does not seem to be any contamination in the galley area.

 

my current project 65 cutlass had a carb fire carb was gone distributer melted all under hood wiring gone even melted the wiper motor, horns,all under hood and in car dash wiring, it got hot enough to crack the winshield.all i did was install carb, distributer, change oil and filter hoses belts all wiring including cluster.The 330 4bbl ultra high compression engine purrs.

 

that's good to hear. hopefully this motor has the same fate. ill keep you posted