Interesting CL add if you like seldom seen racing engines:

aluminum 350 SBC with interesting story:

In reply to Shaun:

Wow. I could use that, shame it's out of Challenge budget.

It's neat, and it's a piece of history because of whose shop it came from, but it's not really something i'd toss in a car and run. For that, it's not worth the price. For museum piece or to someone who might have a 1982-83 junior johnson stock car in their collection? It's worth whatever someone would pay for it, and at 7k+ i bet there is someone out there for it

Hilarious, Portland Craigslist, North Carolina listing. I guess someone in need of this rare specimen would travel that far for it.

patgizz wrote: It's neat, and it's a piece of history because of whose shop it came from, but it's not really something i'd toss in a car and run. For that, it's not worth the price. For museum piece or to someone who might have a 1982-83 junior johnson stock car in their collection? It's worth whatever someone would pay for it, and at 7k+ i bet there is someone out there for it

I have to disagree. If one can find the real history of the engine, it could easily be worth that much.

With that intake, it does not look like a NASCAR motor. Nor does it look like anything of that era other than a pure race motor. Looks more like a car you would put into a prototype racer.

Then again, I'm not going to research the cost to replicate what's sitting there.

I would think that would have been used in some kind of road race car or perhaps a dirt sprint car.But whatever it was intended for it's cool! And I'm not a Chevy fan.

The block casting number is for a common 78-80 Bowtie block, sold over the counter through GM dealers to any walk in customer...

alfadriver wrote:

patgizz wrote: It's neat, and it's a piece of history because of whose shop it came from, but it's not really something i'd toss in a car and run. For that, it's not worth the price. For museum piece or to someone who might have a 1982-83 junior johnson stock car in their collection? It's worth whatever someone would pay for it, and at 7k+ i bet there is someone out there for it

I have to disagree. If one can find the real history of the engine, it could easily be worth that much. With that intake, it does not look like a NASCAR motor. Nor does it look like anything of that era other than a pure race motor. Looks more like a car you would put into a prototype racer. Then again, I'm not going to research the cost to replicate what's sitting there.

That intake and the magneto are not NASCAR pieces. They have also already been sold. Pity, because the mechanical injection and magneto are the most interesting parts to me. Sure it's a vintage aluminum block and heads, but that's the problem, they're vintage aluminum blocks and heads. Those old cast aluminum parts tend to be very poor quality (even the race parts) and porous and soft.

The block isn't a NASCAR piece either. They still run iron blocks and aluminum heads.