I'm looking for a good 3.2 L motor for my 71 Conversion. Needs to be in good shape. 86 to 89

Weekend Rides out out of New Jersey had one at Hershey for sale. 60000 miles and they were asking $14k for it. They have a web site. Good luck.

Wow! Have they really climbed that high in price? I think I paid $5,500 for mine, '87 complete with everything plus headers, Wong chip, extra set of cams (stock cams) and couple other goodies. It ran when I bought it and reportedly had about 40K on it. That was in about 2013 I believe.

prices are climbing. when you call dismantlers and ask about air-cooled engines in stock? they typically say no.

In the bay area the shops are asking somewhere in the 7-10k for 3.0 complete and 9-15k on 3.2 complete.


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Yep. I paid $4k for mine. Now that gets you a core in need of a rebuild without induction, fan or exhaust.
A good (stock) rebuilt motor is $12-14 without making every part look pretty.
Rick at weekend rides had a low mileage '95 - 3.6 calling my name but my wallet couldn't take the $15K hit.

Was offered 5K 3.0 good runner and work done on it,wasn't in my range at the time ,PO sold for 11.5Knzd recently on our biggest auction site ,18months later so that's the way it is.

I just bought a 0 mile 3.0 rebuild for a core price. Hopefully I can put it to good use.

Rob was that the one out of San Jose from a fellow auto crosser?

If so that was a Good deal.

uh huh.