Rebuilt 262 Engine Value

Well, it was probably a dumb question. Do any of you think the engine would bring $1,800 if I offered some guarantee? I'll probably be taking it to the Nationals.

Thanks for sharing your opinion, hudsonguy.

It's not that I wish to be coy about this engine in any way, but it has a long, sad story attached to it. I sold the Wasp coupe to a man who I had come to know through this forum. He lived in IA and I in MN. In lieu of cash for the car, he was going to do metal work on a '50 C8 that I owned. Along with the '52 Wasp coupe, he took my '50 C8 sedan and a '53 Hornet parts car that he wanted badly. He apparently became overwhelmed by the work needed on my C8 and quickly turned to working on the Wasp instead. He seemed to seek out distractions in order to tell me that he was always to busy to do what he said he would on my behalf. For a time he even took on all of the responsibilities of managing the HET club store. My bad health caused me to give up trying to get a hold of him for many months. When I finally realized that there was no solution for me but to attempt to recover my cars and many  parts, I found, after endless time searching, he committed a class A felony and is now serving a life sentence in prison. Much of what I sent down there with him was stored poorly and deteriorated while crappy health kept me from recovering my cars. In time I fortunately discovered that all of my stuff, including the Wasp, Hornet and my Commodore, as well as NOS fenders and rocker panels and $1,300 worth of custom mixed paint and supplies, were being auctioned of by his wife. I was able to recover $400 for my Commodore that I bought many years ago, but the Wasp and Hudson were deemed to be technically his even though I was never paid for them. I am pleased, at least,  that I will be recovering the engine which he foolishly stuck a butt-load of money in. My huge loss will be someone else's gain soon and, while I no longer own any Hudsons at all, I look forward to moving beyond the matter.