This was sent to me today. (CRAIGSLIST)

[Steve P.]

I know we all have a special place for an original Hemi, BUT,,,,,,,,,,



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Reply to: sale-987622005@craigslist.org
Date: 2009-01-10, 1:51PM

1965 Chrysler Hemi 426, Original 426 Hemi motor purchased with junk near Atco raceway in new jersey.
Original intake, carburetor and everything else this engine was assembled with in 1965, it's still in a
wooden shipping crate with a Chrysler hand written dyno sheet. dyno sheet say's it made:
464.1 hp 6,000rpm 475.4 ft lbs 4,000rpm at 78 degree air intake temp
DATE 8 10 65 DYN 13 charge no. 8315822 test no. 3744 RUN NO. 207

$75,000.00 firm, and I mean firm.



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[Winged 1]

 
Sure hope he likes "firm" things. May have to hold onto it for awhile..
Eric

[tan top]

 thinking it is a good find  with someone who has a 66 HEMI car ...     but thats a lot of dough 

[ChargerSG]

wow A little bit out of my pricerange

[Tilar]

That's a whole lot out of my price range. Hell I didn't pay that much for my house.

[68charger383]

I think I'd go with this 66 hemi engine for $50K. It comes in the original metal shipping crate from Chrysler, a 1966 Charger. 

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/980034653.html


That guy is a little to late to the game to be asking that for that motor. Complete restored hemi cars are starting to hit below the $75K mark!

[snooter]

I think I'd go with this 66 hemi engine for $50K. It comes in the original metal shipping crate from Chrysler, a 1966 Charger. 

http://sfbay.craigslist.org/sfc/cto/980034653.html


That guy is a little to late to the game to be asking that for that motor. Complete restored hemi cars are starting to hit below the $75K mark!

hell..440 six pack cuda's are going near 50K..yeah this guy whoever he is is way off target as far as price...dont expect things to improve anytime soon......personally the spare 10K i have is just goin be spent on hookers.....

[Troy]

Ummmm, Chrysler didn't dyno every engine that came off the assembly line. Did they? And at 6,000 RPM? Can anyone who knows about this stuff figure our what the numbers mean? They wouldn't have done that for warranty blocks would they?

Yeah, that's a lot of money but I can afford the story that goes with it.

Troy

[Steve P.]

Back in those days you could order and pick up cars that had a vin tag saying (NOT LEGAL FOR STREET USE).  The way I understand it, you ordered the body of your dreams and the drivetrain of your dreams but they would not put the motor and tranny in the car. You also had to pick them up at the factory... Some A990 and all A/FX cars were this way from what I am told...  I would think this motor would be one of the (BOUGHT IN A CRATE) motors...


I was just a kid.... 

[quapman]

Don't forget that 426Hemi's didn't come in production cars until 66. Or was it 65?

He's still smokin' the good stuff at that price.

We can all dream, eh?

[pettyfan43]

If it's a legit crate engine with a Chrysler Dyno Sheet is was a racing engine ordered through a dealer as a replacement and most likely never used.

You could get a "Body in white" which was a shell with no driveline from Chrysler if you had the right connections, but factory race cars (A990 and AWB cars for example) You did get a whole car, it had this same engine and even a complete exhaust system.

You just changed what you wanted to.  Many Nascar racers of the era started as the bodies in white, where as drag racers tended to buy whole cars because Chrysler's engineering on those things were second to NONE!

If someone had a factory racecar (65 A990 Coronet sedan for example) that engine is worth a LOT, but 75k is ridiculous I would think! The cars change hands (I think) for about 150-160k.

[bull]

That's about $60k-$70k too much for a core IMO. I'd be real surprised if the pistons weren't rusted to the cylinder walls after sitting that long.

It could be a '65 engine since they put them in '66 cars. I've got a '67 engine in my '68 Charger so the date he's giving is not really a red flag to me.

[Steve P.]

They put them in 65' Coronets too, Bull...

[1FastCharger]

Probably could get that much if it was a warranty block with the right date code for a Hemi Bird or Daytona otherwise....

[Ghoste]

It's a firm price and he means firm so I suppose what the rest of us think doesn't matter. 

[moparstuart]

I firmly believe he may have that motor several more years 

[Steve P.]

One big thing we must all think about is WHY the prices on our cars and parts went through the roof...


SPECULATION..........    Plain and simple. People with more money that knowledge drove these prices out of sight because "THEY COULD". When the first Chevy went out of sight everyone was amazed and started building 1955-7 Chevies. That lead to other cars and before you know it big names started buying cars and then the whirlpool began. 

It sort of starts out like a pyramid scheme only most of us know better to get involved with them. This came to OUR hobby and love. We never asked for this.....

So if this guy sits on it for a while or it goes right away at anything remotely close to this price it will start the same kind of trend again... Hence "FIRM".     

[rt green]

i think if he goes to turn the crank he'll find out what firm really means

[69charger2002]

lmao. now that was funny. $75k.. come on man. in this day and age??

[Steve P.]

i think if he goes to turn the crank he'll find out what firm really means

Oh,,,, that's TOO funny......

[Mike DC]

His price is about one decimal place off.