Re: I found a straight eight

Posted by BDeB On 2010/9/13 0:46:38

The car is a 1948 to 1950 hearse or ambulance as modified by Henney.

To answer your original question, the engine might be worth a couple of hundred dollars as a core for rebuilding if it is the original 9 main bearing 356 cubic inch type. The fan pictured is for a 356, however the cylinder head is from a 327 cubic inch motor which is most likely a later 5 main bearing type and relatively common. The engine number will be very hard to get since it is on the drivers side so now on the bottom side of the block with the car tipped over.

The front bumper might have some value, also the grille pieces if the chromed pot metal is not pitted too much