Treasure under the bench - amazing find today

[Rolling Thunder]

So had dropped my max wedge heads off at a shop to be redone and stopped by to check out. My machinist asked me if I was putting them back on a 413. Said I had a 440 bottom end I was using, he then told me he had a few 413, 440 blocks he bought as a package deal and he'd sell me a 413 of wanted. Told him if I could find a '62 dated one id consider just to have. He then took me to area where he had a bunch of blocks stored and we started looking around, well the second engine he moved caught my eye. Did I just spy a notched cylinder???! Said hey can I look at that one? Pulled it out and WOW!!!! I was staring straight at a pad stamped on big font 413 HP 6-7-62. Bores are notched and block is amazing. Has a casting date of 3/30/62 and casting # 1852029. A genuine 413 11.1 max wedge block.

I held in my excitement and asked if it were for sale and recieved a yes. He said make me an offer, I said well I don't know condition so let me think, he countered with that when he got all the blocks in deal he tanked and magnafluxed all of them and it was in great shape, he also pulled a note off of block ear and said yeah it had checked out fine and was standard bore and he had cleaned it up 10 thousands.
Block has all its main caps and came home with me for almost free.

 

[1962polara]

You lucky bugger! You must be so excited ,they are so hard to find.
Did you check all the rest he had?
Is it a keeper or you gonna sell?

 

[Rolling Thunder]

Thanks
Gotta keep it. I haven't checked others yet, I got so excited (hid of course) and paid for it and got out quick before he changed mind. Will go back and check others. Who knows what else may be there.

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I almost crapped myself when saw bore notches. Said to self OMG this can't be real.

 

[1962polara]

I can understand your excitement and I would of done the same...just doesn't seem real..lol
That's a great story ...hope you have even more luck next time !! (Which would be impossible unless he has the Ark)

 

[gdrill]

Congratulations. That's a great score. Now......in my ignorance, I wasn't aware of the notches it the bores. What is the significance of these? I have seen a couple 413 blocks but never noticed or even paid attention.

 

[Beekeeper]

Notches are for clearance of big valves

 

[gdrill]

Ah, that makes sense. Thank you.

 

[Durandal25]

.....love these stories where a piece of Mopar gold makes it back into the world.....

 

[Car Nut]

:woohoo: Congrats!

 

[dave dodge]

413 gold..

Congratulations my friend, that is a great find!

 

[Glenwood]

Awesome find, some guys have all the luck!

 

[miller]

X2

 

[clazar]

Good Find !!!

Chuck

 

[Outlaw525]

Nice score, love to here what is still out there.

 

[FlagCraig]

That's like discovering plutonium.

 

[super-bee_ski]

Rolling Thunder:
Did I mention that I HATE YOU?

That is so cool!

Holy Cow!

Good for you!

A true "TREASURE"

Go back to the shop and give him a BONUS!

Again, congratulations Rolling Thunder!

 

[hangemhigh]

Awesome grab......

 

[abloch]

Buy a lottery ticket. Great score! Congrats!

 

[64BEL]

Great find, RT - congrats!

 

[Rolling Thunder]

Thanks guys. I was telling my wife tonight that it's 2016 and this stuff is still out there to be found. I was asking my machinist today if he had any other parts to engine and he said guy old man he bought all the stuff off of had a weird array of engine items. Said there were 6 Mopar big block bare cores with no other Mopar items, about 10 sets of chevy heads but no other chevy items and odd ball other brand manifolds. Said there was no method to guys madness, but luckily this max block got saved in the mess and made it back to loving arms lol. Makes me want to start searching out old machine shops

My machinist is building an engine for himself and I've got some of the obsolete parts so I think it only fair to hook him up. Price he let me have for block was amazing good and I also promised to bring it back his way when ready to move forward with it. Great guy

He told me today that the basement of the shop is FULL of old cast iron and not even sure of what's in there.