while walking through the woods near my friends house a few years ago we stubmled upon an OLD house with 2 vehicles out front of it, a busted up pickup, just the frame and cab and rear axle, no windows or front clip (later figured out it's a 40's GMC) and what turned out to be a 67 buick electra. slid the hood off and there was an engine, i believe it was a 430 ci. It has been sitting for over a decade, and there isn't even a way to get it out without cutting down some trees...and o yeh, it'll prolly need wheels too. when i removed the oil filler cap i was suprised to see that the valvetrain I could see was pretty shiny and didn't appear to be rusty or covered in sludge. Being in high school at the time i figured "HEY FREEE 4bbl" and snagged it in hopes of rebuilding for my eventual 4bbl swap. now that i'm back from college i've learned that the land was sold and it's going to be cleared to build some fancy houses. They said I can have it if i can get it out without taking down any trees, or after they take care of the trees i can attempt the removal, but no gaurentees of the body being in as good as condition as before. The interior is very dusty, greenish, but all there. 4door hardtop with power windows and locks, and it had a/c. The trunk lid is rusted, as are the rear quarters, but I believe the fenders are ok and the grille is still in good shape. Anybody want anything, and should I try to pull the motor? would it be worth it?
Get 10 posts under your belt, then you can post pictures. Our guesses won't do you any good until we can see what you're seeing. The more pics the better. Devon
well I can get some pictures this weekend, and by then I should have more than 10 posts so I can post them up:beers2:
the 67 exhaust manifolds are a one year only item and flow moderately better than all the other BBB manifolds. the 430 heads can be swapped to a 455 for a quick compression bump. the 430 itself is higher compression than most of the 455's so if you just cleaned up the rings and valves and checked everything out you'd probably be surprised by the power.
I would get the heads and manifolds if nothing else. If the heads are late D coded or early E coded I would buy them. You would find this under the valve cover. You could check the intake date code too that should be by the firing order in front of the carb. and you would not have to pull the valve covers.
What part of the country are you and the car located in? Depending on how close you are, I may be interested in engine & tranny. The transmission should be the ST400 with a variable pitch torque converter. I would also be interested in the centre grill emblem if the color is good. Check the dashpad, if it's free of cracks it's worth something as well. Bottom line is that you could make some money on it if you can get the car out, as there are lots of small, hard to find pieces that are saleable if in decent condition.
Not that I'm the board police or anything, but now that you may have some interest, the right way to go about offering parts would be in the "parts for sale" section. You can always contact the guys who posted in this thread first since there's been some interest. Also, keep an eye on the "parts wanted" section...it's always nice to hook someone up with a part they've been looking for publicly rather than just dump it to the first responder. I think 90% of the time people post stuff for sale without even looking in the other area first. Devon
Yeh i started this thread to see if would actually be woth the effort to get the car and sell some of the pieces. I will post a for sale thread and look for parts wanted after I get all the stuff off it I can.
:blast:AHHHHH i am so mad!!!!! Went by today to find the car gone and the guy in charge of construction said somebody came by earlier and offered him $75 to haul it off for SCRAP!!!! all I got was the grille because it wasn't on the car and was left on the ground next to it. IM SO MAD ANOTHER CAR JUST WENT TO THE CRUSHER!!!!! these scrap people drive me CRAZY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:blast::blast::blast::blast::blast::blast:
