Found any OSF Bargains Today?

[Rally Pack 2000]

Someone started a thread not long ago about posting any  bargains you found lately in the ocean of ridiculous parts pricing for our Old Skool Fords. But I cant find it anywhere so starting another and if anyone knows the title of the original I will merge them!

I was just putting some engine parts together for a potential rebuild and stumbled across a seller offering original Ford oil pumps for Pintos for twenty quid each. I couldn't even find the generic ones cheaper than that. The postage to me cost more than the pumps themselves. I thought there must be something wrong with but they look like new apart from a bit of dust ad surface rust on one. Re-manufactured maybe? They only seem to have a few scuff marks from storage but no signs of ever being used. So I think it was 20 quid well spent.

[katana]

And from what a good engine builder says, OEM pumps are generally far superior to the newly produced HP / HV types available. He would use a 'used' OEM pump in preference to a new variant - says a lot to me!

[Rally Pack 2000]

On 21/11/2021 at 22:39, katana said:

And from what a good engine builder says, OEM pumps are generally far superior to the newly produced HP / HV types available. He would use a 'used' OEM pump in preference to a new variant - says a lot to me!

Ahhhh you know I hadn't even considered High Pressure or High Volume pumps! Is that why these ones were so cheap for a new old stock Ford part, everyone wants upgraded ones so that these are left on shelves? Im still considering using a standard cam again and at most one of the low revving high torque cams like the FR30. So I just jumped seeing new standard pumps as that's what I have always used and didn't consider they didn't have much value to everyone else who prefer to modify. I wish people viewed all standard parts like that I could afford to maintain the car properly! LOL

[BROWNY 1968]

yes i had a bit of a good buy today, ive been on the lookout for a 1600 pinto head, the early type as it seems the later eco type are no good, mate had an engine in his garage, its been played about with he said, had a vernier on it, ports are a bit rusty, and the cam is buggered, which is a shame as it says 285 on the end of it, went round today to pull it off the block and it looks like its got big valves in it aswell, happy dayz

for the bargain price of 50 quid