Model a Engines

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imacrazy

Senior Member
I have two Model A engines that I bought maybe fifteen years ago planing to
rebuild them. I have been so busy working on my A's that I never got around to doing anything with them, they have the heads and pans. Getting to old 87 to be exact

Could someone give me a ballpark figure what they be worth? One or both.

Bill

PS I am in Indiana
 
The problem with used engines is you have to dismantle them to find out what if anything is wrong.. it’s a pig in a poke, you’ll do well to get 200 a piece for them.
 
Hey Crazy I am in Princeton Indiana 20 miles north of Evansville. I would be interested in them. You gotta have 20 post to contact a member i only have 17 so here is my email if you would like to contact me. I'm just a tinkerer so be good educational tool for me.
r.elliott@best1tire.com
 
Around here $100 is a good "short" block. I.e. minus the covers and lids but with the crank & internals still in place. And no knowledge of condition.

I paid $40 for a short block. But that was exceptional and the woman selling it insisted I take a "big-block V8" with it since she was cleaning out. The BB went to the scrap immediately since I had no destination, and no fore-knowledge of condition.

I would guess a good "operable" short block at $250 (i.e. a block of previous proven service but probably worn) and if complete and removed from current service perhaps $500 (i.e. loose but with everything there including covers & do-dads)

A lot of the money goes away in "dribs & drabs" buying all the stuff necessary to make a short-block complete.

ONE thing to keep in mind is that on getting a block rebuilt, they very often are found to have cracks -and it may be better economy to start with a better uncracked block. Model B are particularly prone to exhaust port cracks extending into the cylinder wall. These can be repaired but it takes a bit of "finesse" to do so.

Hence I have FIVE spare engines...

Joe K
 
Within the last year, I bought two engines with heads, pans, and flywheel housings (no flywheels, clutches, or pressure plates) for $50.00 each. No known information about the condition of the engines, so it’s a complete gamble. It’s a lot of work and expense to find out if the blocks are rebuildable, or cracked beyond repair. I enjoy the tinkering, but I would hate to risk much more than $50.00 on a totally unknown engine.
 
ronn said:
Im in the camp of 100.00 each without knowing anything more.
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Agreed. I attended an auction a few years ago where they were selling them by the pallet. Pallets of 10 engines went for ~$100... Many were left behind for scrap.
 
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