engine possibly for sale

This is NOT my engine.  I am having my flywheel resurfaced at a local small machine shop.  The owner asked what my flywheel was from and I told him it was a Jeep CJ2a.  He mentioned that he had a Jeep motor that he had rebuilt for a guy who had unfortunately died before taking delivery.  I think he is interested in selling.  I have not seen the motor, but he described it as one that has 'one valve in the head and one in the block'.  

https://cj3b.info/  Sorry forgot the link.

No need to be sorry.  I think redrunner is just suggesting the 3B Page because the F-Head engine is original to 3Bs, among other Willys vehicles, but not original for 2As.

Talked to the guy about the engine.  It is NOT a F-head, it is a flat-head 4.  The bill to rebuild it was $1300 and he said he would take $800.  If anyone is interested I will pass along the contact information.

JeepSaffer wrote: I'm no lawyer, but is it his engine to sell? The rebuilt engine surely belongs to the deceased guys estate, and the deceased guys estate owes him $1300. If i was him i would hand over the engine and take the $1300 they owed me.....

No layer either, but if he rebuilt it for $1300 it’s most likely been stored in the back of his shop for 20+ years at that price!

Lee

Logger is correct I believe.
read the shop policy and "notice".
Towing companies are always selling abandoned vehicles that they get stuck with, just like the Mini-Storage-Facilities always selling off units of stuff, which has been abandoned by the lessee tenant.

And, another thought: has the deceased person's Estate been kicking the door-in to pay the shop owner the $1300 Due ? _ _ I don't think so "johnny."

Now, if that engine is available, and it has been rebuilt, that is a hell-of-a-deal of price.
Good luck trying to find an engine-kit for under $800 today.
   And, it may have had USA-made Sealed-Power pistons before they began Out-sourcing to other countries.   

   Markw:   I have to pass on these type of deals all the time, because my wife would sign-me into the "phsyc-ward" if I drag home any more treasures.
I have a 390 that may be a 410, but I have not yet checked the stroke.
Seems to me that it is a '64 block, with '66 heads all in a '71 Ford pickup.
I drug it home from a ranch, thinking it could have a 428 if the longer stroke.

Michigan has a similar law. I had a small engine business and a guy dropped off a JD 317 and told me to fix everything that was wrong with it and he would be in contact. I called the number he gave me (in Ohio) with an estimate, and his son answered. He said to to go ahead and do the work and he would let his father know. I finished it up (I think the bill was about $200) and called again and left a message that it was ready to pick up. No response. I called 4 or 5 more times and never received a call back. I kept the tractor 2 years, then sold it. The guy called me a year after I sold it and said he was coming to get it. When I told him I sold it, he was very upset and said I would be hearing from his lawyer, and that I had no right to sell it. I explained the law to him AND that I had given him every opportunity to pick it up for 2 years. Never heard from him again. It was very odd, but some people are.