Hi Joe, A 277 and a 318 are almost indistinguishable from each other. There is a guy who keeps advertising in Hemmings that has new old stock Chrysler industrial 318 wide blocks (short blocks) for only like $300 -- in the original cosmoline and crates! That would mean all you'd need to do is have your current heads checked out, and bolted on. I know you're both mechanical enough to be able to do that -- it's not as dificult as you'd think... then drop then engine in (maybe two hours)... Anybody out there have the number of that guy with the short blocks? Just a thought... -----Original Message----- From: joe frega [mailto:joefrega@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 9:25 AM To: L-FORWARDLOOK@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [FWDLK] A Sad Tale Hello everyone, Last weekend was prom weekend and Jason took several friends in his 56 Belvedere and caravaned about 60 miles to a local state park for the day after prom. On his way back, he called and said his car had overheated. Long story short - after a $300 tow bill and an assessment by my mechanic, the engine is shot. Jason is devastated. Mechanic estimates $3000 for a rebuild and estimates $1000 to swap engines from our other 56 belvedere. The other engine hasn't run in 5 years and the fellow in Texas that we got it from told me that he had put in a new crank shaft and had it running. I'm trying to get a hold of him now to find out what more he can tell me but if it needed a new crank shaft (and the work was done by another family member) I'm concerned about the quality of the engine. The obvious problem is that I don't want to throw time and money into the second engine if it will turn out to be no good anyway. I may end up trying to sell both cars as is. Jason is really upset about that prospect. It's a sad tale about a great looking red/white 56 Belvedere which has bitten the dust. You may recall that Jason and I worked on the car together when he was 15. He's now 17 1/2 and it has been his daily driver and pride and joy since he got his license. Does anyone have any thoughts/suggestions or another engine to sell? (277 ci w/powerflight) Thanks for your thoughts Joe (and Jason) 56 Belveder(s) both currently dead :( __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
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