[RICK LAKE]

tauro Sorry about your dad I lost mine 3 years ago while racing at R&G. Lost my mother july 5th of this year. My father hated the fact of me working on cars and jeeps. The sad thing was He worked for a company that went out of bussiness. He tryed to get me in the company and I would have had 20+ years, too early to retire. I figured we all need 4 things to live in this country, food, electricity,gas and CARS. I figured I would always have a job with a dealership or gas station. So far except for taking a year off, I continue to work. Working flat rate and being fast has worked out very good for me. I would have never told my Father that I was making from 10-20 thousand more per year than him. Anyway

2 thoughts, unless you really need the money for something, hold on to the blocks. Have them miked, boiled and cleaned. Spray them with a couple of cans of WD-40 and put them away in the garage for a future time. Date codes are important on them. You may down the road find someone looking for a correct date code which makes those blocks worth some good money. The ribs on the block can be ground away and the sides of the block have shot done to it. This will make it look like an orginal block. Your block also has no sleeves. A big plus. If you do build a cobra, there is a 30-50% chance you will break the motor if you abuse it. I have 2 spare motors for my cobra, an iron 410 that was to be a 428 motor and a new shelby block in the basement with matching numbers of my car for a more bigger build down the road.

You sound sentimental like me. I would just clean them up and bag them. down the road see whats up. Don't be in a rush to do anything at this time. Make a plan up and follow it. Down the road you may swap a block for machine work to be done on your cobra motor or need parts. Rick L.