Sorry Brad and the rest of the gang. My computer and internet service have been down for a week. In my case all cylinders had been sleeved in each bank. With small blocks being so common, I could not imagine sleeving a gas engine either, but I guess that Jasper was trying to put these engines together for the lowest cost possible. Larry St. Joseph, MO
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Re: Crate Engines (Brad Olson) From: Jim Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 18:00:25 -0400 Subject: [Chevelle-list] Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69 SS396 in good shape Hi, I've been a lurker here for the past 11 years and I have a 69 SS396 in good shape (NOT mint, but not a beater by any means - a low 2 or high 3 on a 1-to-5 scale) that was excellently restored by someone else in the early 90s (including new paint & rebuilt 72 402 Crate engine, etc.) and then driven for a few years daily by that person until he got into Corvettes and I bought this from him in 1997 and have garage kept it & it runs FINE. It is NOT a #'s match and is now Dover white instead of the original Marine blue, but everything is period correct (correct interior, all correct body pieces & rims). I only put a few hundred miles on it a year for fun and I had intentions of making it a project for me & my dad to restore it to MINT shape (I've slowly acquire a BUNCH of new parts for it: new gas tank, new radiator, new brake lines, new Flowmaster exhaust system) but now that he's developed terminal cancer and I really don't have the time or interest to do it by myself, I'm thinking of selling it this summer along with all the new parts I'm trying to figure out what a fair price is for it (I paid $8k for it locally in 1997 and the new parts I have for it list for well over $1000 new. Anyone have any opinions or ideas what I should ask for it? I'm NOT looking to make a killing but if I do decide to sell it, I would like it to sell and not sit with a sale sign on it for months & months. Thoughts? Jim -69-SS396- H. From: "Chuck Speake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'The Chevelle Mailing List'" <chevelle-list@chevelles.net> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 18:08:29 -0500 Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69 SS396 in good shape Hi Jim, I am sure it is not, but I see in your email address Juno. That isn't Juno Lighting is it? I just wondered as Juno Lighting is one of my accounts. I am not sure what you should ask for your car, but if it hasn't deteriated since you bought it you should be able to get more than that now, especially with the new parts that you also have now. I am sure that someone on the list can direct you in the right direction, and who knows maybe one of them will be interested in taking it off of your hands. Sorry to see you get rid of it. Good luck and my sympathy to you regarding your father. Chuck Speake 1970 Chevelle Malibu Glen Ellyn, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jim Hunter Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 5:00 PM To: chevelle-list@chevelles.net Subject: [Chevelle-list] Looking for opinions on a fair price for a 69 SS396 in good shape Hi, I've been a lurker here for the past 11 years and I have a 69 SS396 in good shape (NOT mint, but not a beater by any means - a low 2 or high 3 on a 1-to-5 scale) that was excellently restored by someone else in the early 90s (including new paint & rebuilt 72 402 Crate engine, etc.) and then driven for a few years daily by that person until he got into Corvettes and I bought this from him in 1997 and have garage kept it & it runs FINE. It is NOT a #'s match and is now Dover white instead of the original Marine blue, but everything is period correct (correct interior, all correct body pieces & rims). I only put a few hundred miles on it a year for fun and I had intentions of making it a project for me & my dad to restore it to MINT shape (I've slowly acquire a BUNCH of new parts for it: new gas tank, new radiator, new brake lines, new Flowmaster exhaust system) but now that he's developed terminal cancer and I really don't have the time or interest to do it by myself, I'm thinking of selling it this summer along with all the new parts I'm trying to figure out what a fair price is for it (I paid $8k for it locally in 1997 and the new parts I have for it list for well over $1000 new. Anyone have any opinions or ideas what I should ask for it? I'm NOT looking to make a killing but if I do decide to sell it, I would like it to sell and not sit with a sale sign on it for months & months. Thoughts? Jim -69-SS396- H. From: "Craig and Cerena" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Chevelle List" <chevelle-list@chevelles.net> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 19:22:32 -0400 Subject: [Chevelle-list] 69 Chevelle Question st1\:*{behavior:url(#default#ieooui) } Hi gang; I have two questions First does anyone know if you can purchase covered Sail Panels and if so where? Second . Can anyone forward me a diagram of the correct way the wiring should be on the horn relay? Thanks a million. Craig Maryland From: "Dan Rachlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], "The Chevelle Mailing List" <chevelle-list@chevelles.net> Date: Sun, 4 May 2008 23:25:30 -0400 Subject: Re: [Chevelle-list] 69 Chevelle Question What year and model? On Sun, May 4, 2008 at 7:22 PM, Craig and Cerena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi gang; I have two questions First does anyone know if you can purchase covered Sail Panels and if so where? Second . Can anyone forward me a diagram of the correct way the wiring should be on the horn relay? Thanks a million. 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Long > story > short, it failed about 30 days out of warranty. When we took it apart to see > why, it had been over-bored and sleeved. Who sleeves a small block gas engine Was the failure directly related to the sleeves? Or is it just something you noticed during teardown? Had every cylinder been sleeved? The only reason I can see for doing that would be for a rare, numbers-matching restoration; otherwise, saving a good block with 1 or 2 sleeves isn't necessarily a bad thing but SBCs are so commonplace I can't imagine doing even that. Brad O. _______________________________________________ Chevelle-list mailing list Chevelle-list@chevelles.net http://chevelles.net/mailman/listinfo/chevelle-list_chevelles.net --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.
