I spent most of the week pursuing an EBAY auction on an engine/automatic transmission that was up for sale by a guy in Arnold, just 5 miles or so from my house. Man, it sounded perfect. Low miles, 5.0L 302, fuel injection, 1993 Lincoln with just 1 owner who was a real car guy, a racing engine builder, who obviously took great care of it. I spent an hour with him prior to bidding and was very comfortable with the two items. The only downsides were no wiring harness and no computer. They would have to have been purchased separately for $200-300.
Long story short, I lost the bidding. I went to $940 but the eventual winner was higher. It was very disappointing. The owner seemed intrigued by my project and could have been a great help besides just supplying the power plant. Wish we had hooked up prior to the auction, somehow.
I talked to Hurricane last week and got the impression that I could probably be grandfathered in at the old prices, once they raise them 2 grand, presumably this week. The guy there actually was going to try to help me with search.
I am not sure at this point if I should just give up or maybe just bite the bullet, figuring I will eventually get the engine thing worked out. In a way, I am leaning towards getting started under the assumption I will find an acceptable 302 deal. Maybe slow down expectations on the time frame on the whole project. This basically makes 3 or 4 different solutions that would have worked in the last 2 or 3 weeks. Just never quite the perfect deal.
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