roberts427

so what r a set of original 67 435 HP pistons and rods worth, if anything .

68hemi

Nothing to most people especially if they are standard bore size as most of these 50 year old engines are no longer std. bore.
If you are rebuilding and original engine and need pistons and rods there are much stronger/lighter products available. No one can see them unless you take it apart anyway.

GTOguy

I agree. Even correct, priceless numbers matching Duesenbergs and such are fitted with upgraded pistons and blueprinted internals, simply so they don't fail and take out an expensive, irreplaceable block. Worth their weight as scrap, IMO. Or cleaned up and used as paperweights, etc.

tuxnharley

That's exactly correct. I used to work for a collector who had a 150+ car collection including 2 Duesenbergs, and that is precisely what had been done to them - and many other old cars in his collection.

GTOguy

Thanks. I've seen a few really old and really expensive engines apart and being overhauled,(National, Stutz, Marmon, Packard) and the weight difference between rods and pistons in the same engine is sometimes 6 ounces or more! Amazing how well they run with pistons and rods that all weigh the same!!! Labor and craftsmanship was super high 100 years ago, but metallurgy had a long way to go yet!

ejboyd5

As yourself if you were building an engine would you reuse those parts - there's the answer to their value. Perhaps mounted on a nice wooden base with a plaque describing their history they might be a novelty swap meet item, but I wouldn't even bother with that.

tuxnharley

Yup! I think the primary reason they didn't tear themselves apart was that they operated at relatively low rpms so the imbalance wasn't magnified as much. They did wear out those babbett bearings pretty quickly tho - sometimes 10k miles was time for a rebuild!

Most of the rebuilds I saw had been machined to take modern thin wall shell bearings as well as the other changes.

Swept57

Are they NOS or used. If NOS they might have some value to someone building a big block.

roberts427

as I thought, all the inputs make sense. Thanks.

93RubyRedCoupe

but i would take two from you to have powder coated and use as decor in my son's room if you are going to toss them. i would pay for their ride....Thanks....He's 11 months old, but needs to be around Vettes and their working parts...Start em young...and it will really **** off my wife...so i really would like them...LOL............

AZDoug

I threw away the perfectly good original L79 pistons and rods I had, and about 6 months later someone was looking to buy good shape original pistons, std bore size . I probably could have gotten $200 for them.

Doug

jrs 427

If there are part numbers , ... some " numbers person " will desperately require them. One of ten thousand reasons their car is " authentic " and NCRS approved. Also would go with a good story about the " old Corvette that may have been an L-88 smoking two Ferrari's drag racing " Some fiction story tellers actually believe their yarns.

Swept57

I would have no problem running used parts in a mild street engine, but they would have to pass visual, dimensional and mag inspection. If they did, $200 seems like a reasonable price.