My trip to the junkyard
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My trip to the junkyard
I had a good trip to the junkyard this morning.I was looking for a front bumper for my mud truck and saw 2 425 oldsmobile engines.I know the owner and his son very well,asked about them.They said I can have them for $350.00 each.I took the deal backed my truck up loading them up and I trust them.Did check if they turned over with a breaker bar and socket,they do.Did not find the bumper I wanted.I did check the casting numbers,one is a 1965 and the other is a 1966.
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make sure to hang on to the harmonic balancers they are specific to the 425,sounds like a good deal, I have some extra parts for the 425,hope the flywheels are with the engines, take a look at the right side bank(near cylinders) for a large letter should be a D
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These are not cores,one came out of a rolled over 1966 Olds 98 and the other came out of a 1965 Olds 98.Both ran good before they got pulled.The 1966 425,I plan on dropping in a 1934 Ford street rod next year if I find a complete 1934 Ford.
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I had the impression that they were not making those anymore.
If Olds guys get PO'd at people dropping SBCs into their 40 year old cars, F_rd guys must get twice as PO'd at people dropping Rockets into their 80 year old cars.
- Eric
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I'm building a 46 Ford with 330 Olds for power. I don't care if it hair lips all of the old Ford people. The car was just a rusty body with no drive train, so the way I see it, I saved it from the scrap pile. Even if it had been complete, I would have done the same thing.
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I am bugging a guy to sell me a 1934 Ford he has,in his garage and said not yet so far rust free.I talked to a couple Oldsmobile fanatics I know,they told me I "stole" them at that price.I seen the cars these engines came out of 4 years ago.The rolled over 1966 Olds 98 went in the crusher right away,only good part was the trunk lid that was saved.The 1965 98 was turned into a convertable,someone thought they would clear something and did not killing the driver.That car went to the crusher 2 years ago,it was picked clean of parts.The owner said he still has the transmissions for them,knows where they are and just going to give them to me.I gave him 3 good junk cars a couple monthes ago and wants to pay me back for doing for him in a good way.
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Fast forward to the 20-teens. It's 65 years after 1948, those cars are eighty years old now, and people are still hot-rodding them like it was the fifties (which was 50-60 years ago).
If I were a Ford restorer, I'd be spitting nails.
- Eric
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