[T3] Value of an engine

["Ned glenn" <ned_glenn@hotmail.com>]

Hi all,

I know...  all talk and no action, but as space has opened up in the 
workshop...  fall is arriving (my tradition VW work season, something about 
nice weather and the projects just get put asside)  But really..


I'll be pulling my t3 motor in the next two weeks and was wondering if there 
was any market for such a thing on the North East Market,

T3 motor, rebuilt new, 4/98 (cheap rebuild w/ new heads and oil cooler from 
Vanagon Connection in SoCal)
8/29 - 9/1/99 my car got the once over in a local shop in Eureka CA, from a 
former Bug-In champ, Formual V champ engine builder, and Porsche mechanic 
(engine builder in a Bay area shop)
in the three days we pulled the motor any tranni.  replaced the tranni with 
one from my collection, replaced rear axel bearings, checked/adjusted brakes 
tore down the motor, installed cooling flaps and bellows, vdo oil temp 
gauage sender(which was well used in Nevada), cleaned the oil cooler (it can 
never be too clean inside or out), cleaned and repained all sheet metal, 
replaced the glasspack with a t3 quite pack pulled from a local dumpster, 
all new FI hoses and  cleaned all FI connections,  a few other things and 
the the most key thing....

Heads were CCed, polished and valves/seats were reground 3 angle, springs 
were shimmed for a bit extra seating pressure, custom retainers and swivel 
seats put on the rockers.

It was three long days for me..  I did all the labor, he supplyied any 
specialized tools and did the heads.. supplied the cooling flaps  and other 
bits.  He took my 70 single cab (dented or starting to rust on all sides but 
had disc brakes up front and a 914 motor in back [installed by the PO]) as 
trade for shopspace, labor on the heads...  and I ended up sending him 
acouple hundered when I reached the east coast....

Sorry rambling...

so assuming that I get the 914 motor installed and it doesn't blow up in a 
week or two afterwards... I should sell my T3 motor to help recoup some 
expenses...

~15k since total rebuild. ~6k since top end rebuild, GB full-flow oil filter 
w/ pressure release pump cover, located on LI NY. complete all tin, 
heaterboxes and muffler, FI and genorator.  How much is it worth? how much 
should I try to sell it for?

Thanks
Ned

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