I'm looking for some opinions on what I should advertise a 250 horse 327 for? I took it out of a parts car last Saturday 6/14/08. It has been sitting for many years and has been under the hood of the car. It is complete except the air cleaner and the power steering pump and brackets. I have no idea if it will turn over and I can't find any markings on the block in front of the passenger side head. I honestly would like to sell it to someone on this website that's looking for a date correct 327 for a 327 Impala. I'm assuming that it will need to be rebuilt.
It still has the powerglide still attached and I would like to let that go along with it.
Please let me know your opinions. Even if it's something I don't want to hear. I have no idea what it's all worth, but I sure as hell don't want to take it to the salvage yard if someone can use it.:confused:
Thanks,
Chris

Don't take it to a salvage yard as it is worth more than that, as well as preserving another great engine. It would be important to find out if it turns. It would have been easier to turn it over in the car, but you can still turn it with it out. If the fan and alternator is still on it, just make sure the belt is tight, then turn the fan and pull on the belt at the same time. If the parts are already off, you can just grab a hold of the bottom pully on the balancer and give it a good twist. If you have any trouble, you can take out the plugs to releive the compression. If it don't turn with a good effort and with the plugs out, it's stuck. But even a stuck 327 engine has value.

Don't take it to a salvage yard as it is worth more than that, as well as preserving another great engine. It would be important to find out if it turns. It would have been easier to turn it over in the car, but you can still turn it with it out. If the fan and alternator is still on it, just make sure the belt is tight, then turn the fan and pull on the belt at the same time. If the parts are already off, you can just grab a hold of the bottom pully on the balancer and give it a good twist. If you have any trouble, you can take out the plugs to releive the compression. If it don't turn with a good effort and with the plugs out, it's stuck. But even a stuck 327 engine has value.

Thanks Bill,
The engine and trans is still under a tarp in the back of my truck. There are no belts to the water pump/fan or the alternator. I'll take the plugs out and try to get ahold of the balancer and see if I can get it to turn over.
Thanks for the help! I'll let you know what I find.
Chris

Does anyone else have any ideas or opinions?

e-Bay is the arbiter of the value of anything today. Either list it if you want to get rid of it, or research on line for similar products to determine it's current value.

I anticipate that the value of old cars and car parts will decrease over the next decade. America's economy has taken a decided down turn since we have discovered we can not continue to only buy things with out making something besides hamburgers in return to trade. As people feel their disposable income shrink their priorities will shift away from hobbies to feeding and clothing their families. Basic economics dictates as demand falls so do prices.
Big Dave

I anticipate that the value of old cars and car parts will decrease over the next decade.

I agree that cars will decrease as, like houses, I feel that they are way over inflated.

New parts may decrease some if they are still some profit margin left to make a living on by vendors out there. If a newly reproduced part is offered to the market, it may be hard for those to decrease as they have more of a bigger up-front investment involved. As a result we probably will be seeing less and less new reproduced items offered. I feel the used parts out there (sold by salvage yards and vendors anyway) will still hold their value on the market as they are getting harder and harder to find, especially the ones that are not available new and are not being reproduced. The ridiculous scrap prices out there have made more of the scarce original used parts, even more scarce.

...the way I see it anyway.

Bill