A good friend of mine has a '41 coupe with an unrepairable block. Does anyone in the East have a short block or complete good engine for sale?
Pretty sure we have one in SE Michigan.
Thank you, I have found one here in Florida, let me see how this works out. Thank you for responding
did it work out? saw one for sale on east coast on marketplace for a reasonable price
Sadly, because of the cost of a rebuild ($12,000), he is putting in a 472 with hydro/etc. Not my way of doing things, but its his car. Thank you for your attempt to help
Quote from: TonyZappone #2624 on February 28, 2025, 06:14:28 AMSadly, because of the cost of a rebuild ($12,000), he is putting in a 472 with hydro/etc.
I'm wondering what kind of work must be done for $ 12'000!
Everything has gotten so expensive the past several years - prices have gone CRAZY!
Had a flat tappet GM engine rebuilt by a highly recommended professional a few years ago for $9k including dyno testing. This was a more commonly used engine from the 1960s.
$12k is really not that much higher. Craftsmen capable and willing to take on a Cad flathead are fewer and farther in between these days plus costs of Cadillac parts $$$$.
For $12k, they had better put it in for me too!
It was complete machining, total bore, everything. Not a lot of money today. An eight cylinder Pierce engine 385 I paid $25000 thirty years ago.