Re: ZL1 parts
Yes, your block is one of the complete motors that GM assembled and except for a very few, never ended up in any cars. Many years ago the first time I found one of these blocks with the stamping on the front pad, I thought for sure I hit the motherload and found one of the 'two'(or three..or seven??) original ZL-1 Vette blocks. Upon calling Ed C. I found out the truth.
Your block is worth all the money to a guy with a correct dated ZL-1 Car...but I believe it would have to be one of the later cars..as the original block from ZL-1 #34 is dated January...When were the last ZL-1s made?? Anyone?? The 34 car is 02D...I imagine Fred got the rest of all his 50 cars soon after???
But the block is still worth good change to someone building a clone or not worried about the date. Also depends obviously on condition of block. And on what work needs to be done to the block to be usable.
For an idea, back a few years ago..when times were much better...I sold a few ZL-1 blocks on Ebay for over 10k...and they were not production blocks and they all were decent rebuildable...I do not have to much to go by as far as personal experience as I rarely sold too much.
In these days, I would not have a clue...my brother sells some things on Ebay and he says 'nothin' is selling now'....
I'd be interested if you are interested in a stress free cash sale, but it would have to be a real bargain...but honestly You may do better listing the parts on Epay...
As far as the heads..they are service heads and are only worth for someone that does not care about numbers/dates.
Hope that helps...Max
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