What to do, what to do...

First (ethical) thing, IMO, would be to check the engine number & determine if the car it was originally in still exists and has not yet been hacked into some kind of fakey-do/replica, like the intended LM thing.
If the car exist in its original format, but with some incorrect engine, contact its current owner to see if he/she/they has interest acquiring this engine for fair market value (to be determined) ?
And perhaps if the engine in that car belongs to some other vintage Ferrari, your friend could suggest contacting owner(s) of that car for some kind of three-way deal or trade....

 

he may rebuilt the engine to the max and try to find out the owner of the original car and sell this engine then to him
if the original car not exist anymore then may be an other owner like to have a spare engine?

 

Serial number? Internal block number? Photos of these two numbers?

Marcel Massini

 

Help Marcel find what car it belongs in (provide numbers he asked for) and go from there.

 

He’d do himself a huge favor just to acquire the engine to keep with...even if not in....the car it belongs with.......In my opinion.

 

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For only $30k, the owner of that chassis needs to buy it. Even if he leaves it in boxes in the garage for another 10-20 years.

 

If it's all there I think it's worth more that 30k.

 

Did you ask him how much for the car with the LS1 motor? Although if he knows you have the engine he might price gouge you.

 

If the car has an LS1 engine, might the transmission have also gone bye bye to an undisclosed location, and the differential, and the "X," and the "Y," and the "Z?" Sounds like the car could be just another Resto-Mod with hacks.

 

what please is a LS1 engine?

 

Hi Turbo-Joe,

Corvette LS 1 around year 2000.

There are things one can do but should not do.....

Cheers
Christopher

 

Have you been able to determine who was responsible for initially removing and/or not replacing the engine (or the transmission) back to said car... and why ?
Was it the current car owner, preferring to SB Chevy or... ?

 

In your position, I would restore the motor [ if he can do it himself] and sell it to the highest bidder in this situation, you never know it may even go back to a 330 owner if it is well advertised.
Now the word is out on here, it may help find a 330 owner?

 

I'll disrespect his opinion.

His opinion is not cool. Especially since he doesn't even want the original motor on the side since it goes with the car.

 

Seriously - 99.9% of vintage Ferrari owner/enthusiasts would give their right hand for the opportunity to reunite an engine w/ its chassis. Even if he likes the LS1, keep it in there, but buy the engine. Even if he doesn't give a crap about reunification, he would double the value of his car just by having the matching engine. Surely he gives a crap about that?

 

The owner of the car may not have the means to buy the engine, get it rebuilt, as well as buying a correct gearbox and getting the axle re-adapted.​