LocuMob
Fluid Technician with a hat
I actually sent him a text and let him know a more realistic price range (still more than I'd pay for a pig wearing lipstick). New gaskets and detailed? Also told him the trans won't work in anything other than an rv. He was pretty cool about the whole thing, joked about the trans not fitting when he would have gotten around to putting it in a '40 Plymouth.Just speculating... I'd bet he/someone paid $1500 for the RV, at least another $500 to tow it home... probably $1000 throwing parts at it to try to get it to run... pulled the engine and paid $300 for the dumpster the Styrofoam and paneling body went into (or just abandoned the thing if not on his property). Another $1000 on sillyass headers, chinese chrome and wallyworld paint...
Nobody has heard this run, and there will be drama when viewing about why he can't start it... One good possibility is the "starter went bad" as the engine is locked up and won't even turn (new gaskets make this almost make sense). Now he's trying to match the price of the most expense HP engine he could find, or he's added up the receipts he could find and figures it must be worth that in parts alone...
Even when scrap prices are high, nobody wants an old RV... if you look hard enough, you can get someone to give it to you (non-running) if you take the whole thing.
1940 Plymouth business coupe Mopar
You could save $400 and buy the car and engine.