I bought out a barn full of engines from an estate yesterday. About 25-30 in total, about half BBCs and half SBCs. 

I don't have them all home yet, but if anyone is looking for anything specific, let me know and I'll try to get it on the next load. 

The rare high-performance stuff will be for sale at market value, but the common stuff will be priced to sell fast so I can make room. 

There's some good rare BBC stuff, but the SBC stuff all appeared to be common low-perf from what I've seen so far... might be some gems once I run the numbers though.

For now, I'm keeping the 427s and a 454 with L88 heads, but everything else will go.  

Lots of buildable 454s and 350s - most turn over, but unkown condition otherwise. 

A few 396s - only checked suffix code on one of them - "ED" 68 Chevelle 325hp/4spd

Here's what I brought home in the first load (except the tunnel ram, I already had that and set it on there because it looks cool  )

BLyke wrote:

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Quite a haul!

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This was the first load of many! There's still about 25 more engines to bring home, and shelves full of parts, stuff in the rafters, a shipping container, etc. TONS of stuff. 

I'd guess I got less than 10% of it home so far. 

It's an estate that I made an offer to clean out the place. Too much stuff for the family to deal with, but not really enough valuable stuff for an auction. I have about 6 weeks to get it all out, and anything I leave behind will be scrapped. There's a few things they haven't decided if they want to sell yet, but possibly more stuff to buy in the near future when they decide what to do with the truck, tractors, a couple cars, and can access a storage unit off-site. I've bought out a few collections like this when I was buying/selling Model T parts in the past, but never this much stuff at once. Biggest haul at once before was 3 trailer loads. This will probably be closer to 10 or 12.

I'll make some money on it and gain some good stuff for my own use, but it will be a LOT of work that will take all summer to sell off what I don't need or want.

I'm hoping to find some good rare part numbers on things like the pile of distributors, carburetors, etc but I got the majority of the obvious high-value parts home already to make sure they didn't wander off from someone with sticky fingers.

The black 454 pictured turns over and has a 69 Corvette 390hp 427 intake on it.
The orange 454 has un-modified 69 dated L88 heads.
The 3 bare blocks are all '69 dated 427s (one 335hp impala, one 390hp impala, and one CE warranty replacement)
There is a pair of January '70 dated LS6 heads and a pair of '68 dated L78 heads.

I'll be bringing 2 more loads home on Saturday.

Hopefully it all works out for you, will Cale be getting a BB upgrade for the 55 out of this?

Cale will get to pick out a SB. We're hoping to find something like a decent 4bbl 327 or 350 that's not real high performance, but not a total dog either. 

Derek69SS wrote:

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Cale will get to pick out a SB. We're hoping to find something like a decent 4bbl 327 or 350 that's not real high performance, but not a total dog either. 

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 Save out a big block for later???   Maybe?????

Very interesting. Congratulations.  Might there be a 66 alternator fan Blade?  Are there any 66 holly carbs for parts? 

I got most everything home now except the 4 cars. (2 70-72 Novas, 2 late-70s Camaros)

2 396s
3 427s
1 427 tall deck
6 454s

6 350s
1 400
2 90s LT1 350s

6 Muncies
8 TH400s

1 12-bolt Chevelle rear

1 set '70 dated LS6 heads
1 set '69 dated L88 Alum heads
1 set '68 dated rectangle port heads
Many sets of SBC heads (mostly 70s/80s stuff)

Many sets of BBC and SBC exhaust manifolds, many sets of pulleys, water pumps, alternators, PS pumps, brackets.

3 sets 15" ralley wheels, 3 sets Pontiac ralleys, 2 sets 71+ Chevelle/Camaro SS wheels, 2 sets 69-70 Chevelle SS wheels,

1 pair 70 Chevelle bucket seats
1 single Chevelle bucket
~20 Holley carbs
~75 Quadrajets

TONS in the literal sense! :)

I may be interested in a vacuum secondary Holley and perhaps 2 of the Rallye wheels if they’re 8” wide. Still debating between rebuilding my 10 bolt or upgrading.

Derek69SS wrote:

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Cale has his eyes on a 69 Impala 265hp 396 for his car... I might give it to him for all the work he's done helping, along with a Saginaw 4spd would be a good beginner drivetrain to get started on. There's still a few SBs I haven't looked at yet, but got most of the heavy stuff home today.

All the carbs and alternators went into totes and I haven't looked at them yet. Been focused on the big stuff first while some helpers loaded that stuff.

I did find a 68 Chevelle 12-bolt housing today. Carrier and axles are gone but it's coded for 3.31 posi.

Also got 6 short tail TH400s and have one more to grab next time.

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 A big block is a tight fit in the tri-fives and the springs would not like all the extra weight. A 275-300/327 or 295-300/350 is still a better choice, to me. The Saginaw will put up with the sbc better than the torque of a BB too. You KNOW the son of a race car owner/driver is going to test the tires traction ability...

The 12 bolt would be suspect for damage, being the good stuff was removed. Is there a way for you to check for bent axle tubes ? Are the carrier caps on ?

Derek. Was it all Chevrolet stuff that was there? Any Pontiac engines?

There are 2 15x8 ralleys, but I don't have them home yet.

The 396 needs a rebuild, so he's leaning towards using the 70 265hp 400 sbc now. Easy fit, and cheaper. Also probably more power than any of the 70s smog era 454s I got.

The 12-bolt does have caps. I suspected someone just needed a 3-series posi carrier, and took it apart for that. 

There were a few Buick/Olds/Pontiac parts in the mix, but almost all Chevy. Got a couple pairs of Pontiac heads and some intakes. There's a complete Pontiac engine still there, but I didn't offer anything for it. It had a 2bbl on it so I figured it wasn't anything of value.

I have a 69 Corvette 390hp 427 intake. It's very low. Might work for you with a spread-bore/holley adapter. Here's a picture of the same thing I snagged off ebay... mine is same casting number, and I'll have it with me at the swap meet on Sunday. 

The only other aluminum ones I have are a Performer RPM (same as you have) and a few different rectangle port intakes.