WTB: Engine #903188 - Last seen in LA

[Frank Beck]

I have case 903178

That's very nice but I'm pretty sure he needs 903188...

Demetri,

It would help to know what's "a lot of money". If you can end up owning the correct case for 10-15k, you will NEVER regret that decision. If you're trying to get this done for 5k, you're probably pissing up the proverbial rope. I can't blame the engine owner for laughing at you.

The other side of the coin is hold the seller's feet to the fire and let him know that there is a point of no return for you and that's when you start assembling a rebuilt engine. Offer a take-it or leave-it number and be prepared to walk. Unless a high risk speculator wants the engine, it has the highest value if sold to you. And he knows that.

Me? I wouldn't let this get in the way of finishing the car. Build a motor and wait the guy out; when he needs money, he'll call you. it's only $5-6k to swap the case later on.
Although the risk is that the price of the case will go up as the value of the car increases.

[Jules Dielen]

That's very nice but I'm pretty sure he needs 903188...

Demetri,

It would help to know what's "a lot of money". If you can end up owning the correct case for 10-15k, you will NEVER regret that decision. If you're trying to get this done for 5k, you're probably pissing up the proverbial rope. I can't blame the engine owner for laughing at you.

The other side of the coin is hold the seller's feet to the fire and let him know that there is a point of no return for you and that's when you start assembling a rebuilt engine. Offer a take-it or leave-it number and be prepared to walk. Unless a high risk speculator wants the engine, it has the highest value if sold to you. And he knows that.

Me? I wouldn't let this get in the way of finishing the car. Build a motor and wait the guy out; when he needs money, he'll call you. it's only $5-6k to swap the case later on.
Although the risk is that the price of the case will go up as the value of the car increases.

Did you miss the part where the original poster stated "i have no money'? That makes the odds quite a bit less favorable to him, no?

[Frank Beck]

Jules,
I feel for the guy but one can't play in this league and not expect to pay. It's a different world now.

It sounds like he needs to find a running Weber'd 2.0 for $7500 and start enjoying the car.

[Demetri]

I agree, numbers are needed for this discussion to make sense. The seller wants a 20k premium to send me the motor. I'm going to start building my own period correct. Sanders, PM sent!

[Frank Beck]

Demetri,
Good for you.

Jules,
The comment "I have no money" seldom means that someone can't find it.

Case in point: Our government.

[dporsche74]

Those guys will restore it correct showroom condition and will live forever in serious collections ....worth matching restored 150-200K this year??

with the profits of the roller you can get yourself this Spring into a bad ass 911hotrod or 996TT,,930. maybe two of the three perhaps

just sitting there your going to dump tens of thousands into it and long time to get .. at the end the collectors are wanting to restore again anyways and finding the engine etc.etc...

On the flip side you purchase the engine and get it restored you made 30+ yr sitting car into something special.. a worth alot coin new weekend cabin for a family like

[Jules Dielen]

any WTB ad that includes 'but I have no money' does not make a lot of sense to me. I'll take a free RSR if anyone has a couple laying around. Or a free Honda Civic, or anything free that has any value.

[Frank Beck]

any WTB ad that includes 'but I have no money' does not make a lot of sense to me.

Yahtzee.
Always have to read between the lines Jules; more often than not words mean less than context. "I have no money" on this forum is code for "My goal would be to cheap out on this if possible".

[Demetri]

Frank is correct. I would like to cheap out. "I have no money" meant it will be really hard for me to spend the kind of money it will take to buy and ship a 2 liter solex from the UK and also pay a premium on top of it. I'm not the kind of person who spends money freely. But it's not only the money, it's the time and anxiety working out the details of getting it shipped. I can't stomach it. I was not looking forward to the process of purchasing the motor, even if a fair deal presented itself (i.e., the best case scenario). To tell you the truth, I was kind of relieved when he said it would take 35k for him to ship it to me. That made the decision easy...hell no! A fair deal (20K?) would have been a big dilemma, for which I am happy and sad that I don't have to deal with.....

[Gearby]

oops. never mind.