How much is my 1931 Model A motor worth?
 

Hay just joined and was wondering how much my 1931 long block is worth, the Vin is A4545689. I also have another one that has *RF4274 * on it, just wondering on what their worth, and what model the second one is. Thanks in advance :)

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The second one is a Ford replacement engine RF= Richmond Ford.

Bob

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From the information provided, its worth somewhere between $50 and $2000. :rolleyes:

Seriously,
IS IT RUNNING?
Was it rebuilt recently?
By Whom?
What features?
What is the compression at each cylinder?
How many miles on it?

Answers to those questions might provide more informed answers.:)

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They don't run, I bought both of them with a model A sulfer machine. The Replacement was stuck when I got it, the other was spinning free until this year when it got rain in through the water neck I think, and now there is surface rust on the piston and cylinder wall. Basically their long blocks.

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Where are you located?

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Are they standard bore or 125 over (should be stamped on top of pistons)? Also general location, middle of Los Angeles or middle of Nevada?
Charlie Stephens

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I have come home to find engines laying in front of the garage ---5 or 6 have appeared that way, I didn't want them bad enough to go pick them up , at Hershey this year I bought a short block---it was up the aisle from where I was staying, every time I walked by it called me, looked at it several times, std pistons, no signs of cracks,clean not rusty water jacket- 90$, --when I got it home and apart-still had original centerlock pistons,cam bores in middle of standard specs, machining marks still there ---A person that is just starting to hoard will pay more, a hoarder that is starting to think he has too many will wait till you will deliver them.

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Aren't you the one in Santa Rosa? if so I could swing by and give you an idea.

Dodge

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Lodi, CA

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The head is off on one, I'll check the piston.

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All I could find on the pistons were 40 and some letters like front or something like that.

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Lodi I am just down Hi-way 99 from you in Manteca. Your block is bore .40 over and front means that part of the piston points to the front of the block. I am looking for a good long block but can't go over $150.00. So PM me your phone number and may be I can come and take a look at it. If you are interested. Richard/ Manteca

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Now that's funny!
I felt like a "hoarder" when my dad brought down a spare engine. "Who has a spare engine?", I thought. "Spare water pump, maybe, but a spare engine?"

Sorry, had to jump in.
Now, back to the sale.

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I have spare engines for all of my old vehicles-there's a flathead Chrysler 6 out in the pole barn, along with a flathead "Go Devil" Willys jeep engine, and three Model A engines. I like to accumulate "castings"-the parts that often aren't repopped. I'll always grab a good manifold or a transmission,especially if it is cheap. The Dodge engine was $25 at a farm auction-no one else wanted it, and they put it in the back of my truck with a front-end loader-How could I say no?:p

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One member of the club gets $500.00 for a block. He does not guarantee anything. If it is no good come back and buy another one for $500.00. I gave two engines away recently to club members and they were good engines- no cracks and the bearings were good. I wished I would have taken them apart and looked at them. Two or three members said I messed up. The two that I gave the engines to always say thanks and I hear them mention my name when showing off their running engines. I do not think I will need them and I would just let them lay around for ten more years and they would probably be hauled to the scrap yard by some family member.

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I just bought a complete engine, .040 overbore, Unblown (In good shape) needing valve work, for 75$
Terry

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Wow, that's great! You didn't "mess up", that's just covetousness talking in those members who didn't get a free engine. A good name (as you are spoken well of by your benefactors) is more precious than gold.

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I am a little unsure on this thread I would like to know the answer as well. My father died a little while ago and he rebuilt model A's for a living... I have hundreds of blocks and transmissions water pumps radiators and the like. I have a guy offering me 25 dollars a block they have been checked for cracks .. they are just the short blocks.. little help here

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Where are you?

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If you get offered $ 100 take it! Wayne