What should I do?

[Rob_B]

A couple of years ago I had some extra money so I bought a 1967 F-100 to restore. It had a rebuilt BB 390 and was under $500, so I bought it right away. Well now that I'm a couple years older, poorer, and not enough time to finish the body work on it I pulled the motor and scraped the body so my dad could have his garage back. I put around $500 into the motor alone a couple of years ago w/ a 4 barrel Edelbrock, Cast Iron 4 barrel intake, ported head's and header's. The last time I drove the truck it left rubber in every gear. Now I know if I should sell the motor to get money (which would really come in handy to a college student), but I doubt I'll get over $500 for it? The only other thing I can think of would be to buy some older 4X4 truck w/ a bad BB engine in it and swap them. So should I just try to sell the motor and take a huge loss(I put over a $1000 into the truck total, and got $11.12 at the scrap yard for the body), or should I save up and look around for a beater 4X4 w/ a bad motor, put it in that and have as much fun as I can w/ it? Sorry for taking so long but I think if I don't do anything w/ the motor pretty soon dad will tell me to get it out of the garage, and that'll mean I'll get ripped off bad.

 

[Rob_B]

Ok, that was kind of confusing. Does anybody know if my 390 will drip into a 70's or ealry 80's F-series? I have the 3 sp that came hooked up to the 390, so I'd just need something w/ a T-case that would bolt up to my tranny that has about the same length. Like would a truck that had a 351 Cleveland(sp?)?

Thanks in advance

 

[mrboyle]

I'd sell the engine and take the loss. You said yourself you could use the money and the engine isn't dooing you any good just sitting there. If you save it, by the time you get around to using it, you will more than likely have to rebuild it, since sitting is the worst thing that can be done to an engine. SELL IT!