truck motor

[Ronnie Russell]

Price of truck motors seem to be going up. Item no. 4602899839

[409 Chevy Performance]

Ronnie unbelivable, if this is the case. How many would you like. Series 80 trucks have 5 in field growing moss. I can't even see this day at that price. Hope they get it there price. I'll hire someone to pull the motors.

[SS425HP]

I would say no way will that fly, but then would probably have to eat my words. Crazy people. Nuts. I guess the next thing to do would be to go out and try to find some of the stuff they are SMOKING.

Fred

[Tom Kochtanek]

Some people are apparently misinformed when it comes to rarity and what is rare and possibly valuable (to others). This seems to be the case, asking $4500 for a truck motor. I call it the "Barrett-Jackson" syndrome. You see a car "like yours" and you think yours will fetch the same silly amounts as do those auctions.

First, your car is probably not there at the auction. Second, the one being sold has some "history" or some "documentation" that yours will never have. You may have a clone, for example, and these guys are selling cars from "Reggie Jackson" type collections (or some similar venue).

We see a set of Z-11 heads on Ebay for $10K (reserve not met) and we think those 333 truck heads are like that. We see a and a '62 bubbletop for $50K and think "my 1962 BA four door six automatic must be going up in value". Even subsequent Ebay ads often state the "possibilities" of this rust bucket becoming insanely valuable (I refer to the black over red 1962 Sport Coupe currently on Ebay at some $6600 or more). Perhaps, but with a lot of work and a tremendous influx of cash...

I met a guy the other day with two 409 blocks he tried to sell on Ebay. Since one was a 1963 "814" casting, he mentioned that it might be used in a Z-11 build. Yeah, right. Somebody buidling a Z-11 clone will undoubtedly seek out the rare instance of the QM block, not the one this guy was trying to sell (a QA). But nevertheless he thought it was worth big money. Nice guy, slightly wishful thinking, wrong information :). Markets generally correct these slight errors in misjudgement, and you can't fault someone for asking an insane price. Being unhappy that it did not receive any bids, that is to be expected for wishful thinkers.

regards,
TomK

[Dond409]

Tommy,

You have such a way with words. :rofl :rofl :rofl :rofl