Best score? Easy; My neighbor called me from work last month. The conversation went like this:
Him- "Hey, you want a free Hemi?"
Me- "SURE!"
Him- "OK, I'll put it in the back of my truck and bring it home with me"
"Sure" was all I said. I did'nt ask a single question, and he did'nt give any other information. Here's what he delivered to my driveway:
OK... it was'nt
that pretty when it arrived. I cleaned it up and painted it. It is a 1955 Desoto 330ci Hemi. It was completely rebuilt... 25 YEARS AGO, and has been sitting ever since. Still has wads of white assembly lube between the lifters & cam, between the rods, rocker tips, etc.. it's unturned since assembly.
So, it's a perfect garage queeen I guess. I don't have any use for it, and these really don't sell for that much. It looks great by the bar. The guy who donated it has a hand-fabbed 2X4 intake for it, but he would'nt part with it.