2 429 Cobra Jets a 351c and a partridge in a pear tree.

So there was a 302 in pieces on the floor, a couple of more transmissions and some random other interesting things. After sweating my balls off all day, I didn't have the energy to wrestle it all out of there. Left the rest behind. God only knows what other cool stuff is buried in there. I wish I had the time to completely empty this place out. Final tally is 3 complete motors ( 2 429's and a 351C), 5 transmissions, 2 9" rear 3.55 center chunks (1 with Trac lock), and some other misc stuff. All for free. I'm good with that.
 
I would go back a third time. There's a lot of good stuff still in that garage. I was expecting a larger garage though, a one car could be emptied out and sorted in a weekend. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
 
Are you sure that's a 351C? The 77 T-bird had a 351M as an option, but not a Cleveland. I once found a 77 t-bird at a towing yard with a froze up 400. Found another 400 out of a truck and for $150 total investment I was driving it. I did have to run spark-plug anti-foulers though.
 
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junior said:
Are you sure that's a 351C? The 77 T-bird had a 351M as an option, but not a Cleveland. I once found a 77 t-bird at a towing yard with a froze up 400. Found another 400 out of a truck and for $150 total investment I was driving it. I did have to run spark-plug anti-foulers though.
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Could be a Windsor

Can't stop the signal...
 
CoreyM75 said:
I would go back a third time. There's a lot of good stuff still in that garage. I was expecting a larger garage though, a one car could be emptied out and sorted in a weekend. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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I wish that I had the time and more importantly the space. I'm struggling just to store the stuff I already grabbed. Supposedly the bank is taking over the property on July 14th, tomorrow. The thought of someone that doesn't know anything throwing all of this into a dumpster is sad, but that's the way it goes. I saved what I could.
 
junior said:
Are you sure that's a 351C? The 77 T-bird had a 351M as an option, but not a Cleveland. I once found a 77 t-bird at a towing yard with a froze up 400. Found another 400 out of a truck and for $150 total investment I was driving it. I did have to run spark-plug anti-foulers though.
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He said that him and his dad took out the 302 and dropped the Cleveland in many years ago. I will verify the numbers.
 
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The Windsor had a 6 bolt valve cover, but the Modified and Cleveland both had 8 bolt covers.
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Lots of folks don't know there's a difference between a 351C and 351M, or what the difference is. Heck, lots of people don't know there's a difference between a 351C/M and a 351W. I've even heard some who think a 351 and 352 are the same.
 
junior said:
Are you sure that's a 351C? The 77 T-bird had a 351M as an option, but not a Cleveland. I once found a 77 t-bird at a towing yard with a froze up 400. Found another 400 out of a truck and for $150 total investment I was driving it. I did have to run spark-plug anti-foulers though.
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Well, it has 8 bolt valve covers and the upper water inlet is in the block rather than the manifold. I'm calling it a Cleveland. The heads are too crusty to get any info from just yet. Would be cool if they were closed chamber 4v heads. That would be an extreme stroke of luck.
 
Stugotz said:
I wish that I had the time and more importantly the space. I'm struggling just to store the stuff I already grabbed. Supposedly the bank is taking over the property on July 14th, tomorrow. The thought of someone that doesn't know anything throwing all of this into a dumpster is sad, but that's the way it goes. I saved what I could.
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If you were closer I'd come out and buy the entire contents of the garage. There's a few grand plus to be made on ebay out of what's left. That's too bad that it is going to get tossed like that.
 
CoreyM75 said:
I would go back a third time. There's a lot of good stuff still in that garage. I was expecting a larger garage though, a one car could be emptied out and sorted in a weekend. Thanks for sharing the pictures.
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I went back today to meet the tow guy that took the bird away. I drove the Marauder though and nothing dirty goes in it ever. Even if I wanted to grab more stuff, it would have to go in the living room at this point. My girl might get bent out of shape about that. The garage wasn't very wide but it was long. 30 or 40 feet easy. If you see the American flag on the cross beam in the pic, it's only halfway.

 
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