More   "...I have all the receipts for the engine build up. it was built by Pro-Flow in Hiram (GA). everything was brand new from PF when Joe had the engine built. he had it in his 59 when i traded him my 60 for the 59. the engine has about 2000 miles on it. and i swear on all that is holy that i never put my foot down on it. that isn't my style of driving. Jake Raby teases me about how feather footed i am, lol. anyway, when i tore into the 59 to fix all the body screw ups the previous owner had done to it (suicide hinges held on with weld and fiberglass, etc) i rebuilt the engine again. the heads have been redone. it has a brand new oil cooler with less than 400 miles on b4 the rebuild. right now its only in its long block assembly state..."

Any way, this sounds like a pretty BA engine.  I haven't even got a trans that could take this engine.
I just want to see if the jive I get from this cat (60's slang) is on the up and up...
Any info would be appreciated (David, Bugnut, Rick?)

Thanks,
KC

Hand grenades are fun to play with, but they get a little expensive ‘cause you can only pull the pin once.   

But on a somewhat positive note . . . IF . . . no, wait, IF (that's a big IF) I were going to have an engine like this built, I would probably have Pro-Flow do the work.   

 . . . IF I wanted to spend the money and build an engine that big, I'd probably opt for a Jake Raby built type 4.  It would cost a lot more, but at least it would have a fighting chance of making it past 10,000 miles.  And IF I had an engine like this you can bet I'd keep my foot in it until it came apart!    

Speaking of guarantees on these kinds of engines, something Bob Hoover once wrote comes to mind.  It was something like "Hand grenades don't come with a warranty either . . . for pretty much the same reason."

I just wanted to emphasize that those were really big IFs!

Oh, ok, I'll play devil's advocate here.  The engine is a grenade and every time you hit the gas the pin slips out a little further, this is a given.  If you've never driven anything with one of these monster engines in it before - it's a whole lotta fun before the boom.

I worked at a small shop that had built a single cab that had one of these engines in it complete with a transmission that could take the abuse.  One day when we were nearly done with the project the shop owner asked me if I wanted to drive it around the block.  He said "if you want to have some fun, put it in first, rev it to about 3 grand and sidestep the clutch".  If you've never seen the back end of a single cab hop off the ground it's an interesting sight to behold.

After that, I took it around the block to make sure it was running ok - it was.  It had just rained and the roads were a bit slick, I was going about 25 or 30 in 3rd gear and tapped the gas.  As the back end started to swing around the only thought going through my head was "don't hit the telephone pole, don't hit the telephone pole".  Fortunately, I managed to keep it on the road and after a bit of recovery time I immediately turned around and drove back to the shop.

So if you want to have a bit of fun for a short while, get the engine.  If you don't, and there are several very valid reasons not to that have already been stated, then hang onto the ASBug for a bit longer.

I would be getting the bus AND the engine and possibly a little $'s.
His GF must really like my car...
I read alot of his posts and he is tired of here attempting to strip the gears in his other beetles...
KC