Buy two of those engines after you pick up the chassis to start rebuilding...so that you have spare parts!!!
I can't imagine the nightmare of trying to locate consumable parts as gaskets and bearings!!!
As for the chassis, it wouldn't be worth building a crate to ship it unless you know when it was made, and Phillip needs to post the chassis number for all to know. It certainly looks like it was hacked out of a Goose, by some of the fittings etc. The a-arms appear to be the ultra weak first gen.
I would love to see the rear most portion of the chassis to see what the lower a-arm support looks like. Again, if it is first gen, it isn't worth shipping......IMHO. Send it to the gent that just bought #514 in Germany.
Would be a significant dune buggy chassis perhaps...and you wouldn't need to worry about cutting holes in the glass to build a roll cage to stiffen the chassis!!!
The rims are alluring, although I must question if the measurements are made ID or OD of the tire mounting surface. Do they require early hubs made for them? (see parts book note!)
The engines are indeed a piece of Italian casting marvel! I'd bet that ol' Santiago could have more cast up in a heartbeat.....however, I don't ever recall seeing an actual test of how well (or bad) these little 4.8L (289) works did on a dyno, or on a track..... I figured that the one in the factory was a static display, with no pistons.......just a crank! But that is a guess entirely! (For the '66 Turin "wall chassis"!)
It appears the distributor may actually be a Ford unit...but can't see enough detail to tell for sure.
Interesting!
Ciao!
Steve