Technical boat anchor

I guess this 409 didn’t get winterized.

 

Damn freeze plugs didn’t work..,,


That really hurt me to type even in sarcasm.

 

Haha! It's hard to imagine that something wouldn't do something it wasn't designed to, who would have thunk!

 

A friend just picked this up. He has a bare standard bore 409 block so hopefully he can use some of this. He gambled at $300 not knowing the block issue. Husband died and the family is selling the pieces he collected over the years. It was in a pile of other parts. But I think he’s ok.

 

It don't look like it got much of anything... other than "Cold Shoulder"...

 

I have one of those cast iron marine oil pans for a SBC, must weight about 50 lbs or more.

 

This pan is aluminum.
Pick up is in the front.
These were mounted backwards in the boat. So I guess that why the pickup is there.

 

That explain's why the clutch hub is on the front of the crank...

 

If nothing else he can turn it into a coffee table and sell it to a hipster for $2K.

 

I mentioned a table. He said if the bores are good he might just clean up that nasty brass and take a shot at welding it up.
He’s a former boiler maker

 

“She’s real stuck my 4-0-9…”

 

Ahem, Boilermaker. One word, capitalized as in "International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Iron Ship Builders, Blacksmiths, Forgers and Helpers".

 

Ahem... Boiler maker: a shot of whiskey with a beer chaser. He's gonna need A LOT of those by the time THIS project is over!

 

I’d take it!