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6/25/2025 8:10 AM  #26


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

wsinsle wrote:

RTM I'm guessing you are going to races in Reynoldsburg Ohio. Lived near there while going to tech school in Columbus. (Years ago) Only 3 hours from where I live. If you need a truck, trailer or tools PM me. I'm retired not a problem.

 
Norwalk for the NHRA races.   Have family racing there and trying to visit a few old friends in our old home town of Elyria.   Having lunch with my buddy today, he's the one that told me about this engine.

 

6/26/2025 3:40 PM  #27


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

Sadly, it is not a boss 351C.   I could not identify the block number but the balancer is to small.   I was able to remove a valve cover and they are not boss heads.  They are 4V heads but no idea if they are open or closed.   At this point it wasn't even worth making and offer and then pay to ship it home.  Had I driven up instead of flying, I would have taken it for $200 or less.


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6/26/2025 4:38 PM  #28


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

Well that's a shame, but at times like this I'm reminded that the real enjoyment comes from the hunt and often the purchase is actually disappointing.  Things tend to work out as they should.  Glad you didn't make a special trip for it.  

 

6/26/2025 5:14 PM  #29


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

TKOPerformance wrote:

Well that's a shame, but at times like this I'm reminded that the real enjoyment comes from the hunt and often the purchase is actually disappointing.  Things tend to work out as they should.  Glad you didn't make a special trip for it.  

 
That's exactly what I said when buddy tried to say sorry.  I said there's great excitement in the chase.  He did his buddy, owner of the engine is probably more disappointed than because he was told it was a boss engine.  Plus if you don't follow a lead, then you will miss out.

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6/26/2025 11:13 PM  #30


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

Nothing ventured, nothing gained.


Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
 

6/27/2025 7:32 AM  #31


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

In 1964 I bought a 1935 Pontiac with 52K original miles from the original owner.  I had heard about the car from someone and kicked around driving into the bowels of Los Angeles to check it out.  Finally I decided to follow it up and a friend and I went. 
I bought the car for $40 and got a set of "56 Calif. license plates still in the envelope with the paper between the two plates and a box of spare parts that the owner had bought at the start of WWII because she knew parts would be hard to get....just in case.  Drove that car for about two years.  Great car.  Still wish I had kept it.

You just never know.


"you get what you pay for, good work isn't cheap, and there are NO free lunches...PERIOD!"
 

6/27/2025 6:57 PM  #32


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

Bullet Bob wrote:

In 1964 I bought a 1935 Pontiac with 52K original miles from the original owner.  I had heard about the car from someone and kicked around driving into the bowels of Los Angeles to check it out.  Finally I decided to follow it up and a friend and I went. 
I bought the car for $40 and got a set of "56 Calif. license plates still in the envelope with the paper between the two plates and a box of spare parts that the owner had bought at the start of WWII because she knew parts would be hard to get....just in case.  Drove that car for about two years.  Great car.  Still wish I had kept it.

You just never know.

BUT, at least you have that story, even if the car is now gone.  I'm betting we all have a bunch of those stories about great quests for cars or parts, and the people we met along the way.  
 

 

6/28/2025 3:13 PM  #33


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

Bullet Bob wrote:

In 1964 I bought a 1935 Pontiac with 52K original miles from the original owner.  I had heard about the car from someone and kicked around driving into the bowels of Los Angeles to check it out.  Finally I decided to follow it up and a friend and I went. 
I bought the car for $40 and got a set of "56 Calif. license plates still in the envelope with the paper between the two plates and a box of spare parts that the owner had bought at the start of WWII because she knew parts would be hard to get....just in case.  Drove that car for about two years.  Great car.  Still wish I had kept it.

You just never know.

 
That's a cool story.

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6/30/2025 5:40 PM  #34


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

Funny how 'every 'SBF' is a Boss 302
                   'ever 'SBC'  is a 327 Corvette engine..... to guys that have-no-clue.
6sally6


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6/30/2025 5:52 PM  #35


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

6sally6 wrote:

Funny how 'every 'SBF' is a Boss 302
                   'ever 'SBC'  is a 327 Corvette engine..... to guys that have-no-clue.
6sally6

 
This ^^^^^


Bob. 69 Mach 1, 393W, SMOD Toploader, Armstrong  steering, factory AC.
 

6/30/2025 7:30 PM  #36


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

6sally6 wrote:

Funny how 'every 'SBF' is a Boss 302
                   'ever 'SBC'  is a 327 Corvette engine..... to guys that have-no-clue.
6sally6

 
And don't forget every small block Ford with a 4 barrel manifold sitting in a Mustang is a 289 HiPo


If multiple things can go wrong, the one that will go wrong will be the one that causes the most damage.
 

7/01/2025 5:01 AM  #37


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

Greg B wrote:

6sally6 wrote:

Funny how 'every 'SBF' is a Boss 302
'ever 'SBC' is a 327 Corvette engine..... to guys that have-no-clue.
6sally6

 
And don't forget every small block Ford with a 4 barrel manifold sitting in a Mustang is a 289 HiPo

Every FE engine is a 427 side oiler, every BBC is an LS6, every Chrysler B series is a 440, and the list goes on, and on and on.
 

 

7/01/2025 6:21 AM  #38


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

True, true, true!  And if you try to explain, you only get a dropped jaw, or a blank stare, or maybe the start of an argument.  I've taken to mostly just nodding my head.  


65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
 

7/01/2025 9:29 PM  #39


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

BobE wrote:

True, true, true!  And if you try to explain, you only get a dropped jaw, or a blank stare, or maybe the start of an argument.  I've taken to mostly just nodding my head.  

Yeah, you can't upset their apple cart with facts.  You can't fix stupid.  Trust me, I've tried.  

 

7/02/2025 5:04 AM  #40


Re: Possible 351C Boss engine find

TKOPerformance wrote:

BobE wrote:

True, true, true!  And if you try to explain, you only get a dropped jaw, or a blank stare, or maybe the start of an argument.  I've taken to mostly just nodding my head.  

Yeah, you can't upset their apple cart with facts.  You can't fix stupid.  Trust me, I've tried.  

That is true also. 
 


65 Fastback, 351W, 5-speed, 4 wheel discs, 9" rear,  R&C Front End.
 

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