Value of an engine?

I'm parting my jeep out, and I have no idea what the engine's worth. It's a '76 231, which I'm told is the last year of the oddfire and has the stronger even fire bottom end. Unknown miles, but it runs great. Here's a list of new stuff it's got (less than 1000 miles on it all):

-All new distributer with flamethrower coil, module, and brand new thick plug wires
-Sanderson block hugger headers
-Water pump
-Power steering pump
-85 amp 1 wire Alternator
-Rebuilt Carb

Anyone want to take a shot at what it's worth? I know you're just guessing, but I'm just looking to get in the ballpark with what I'm selling it for.

 

I bought a similar engine without the carb, but with HEI for $400. Your value probably depends on whether the buyer can hear it run before buying it. Otherwise it's a leap of faith so the price would go go down IMO.

 

This reminds me of an engine I got for my first car...
I had a '71 VW Superbeetle with a ('66?) 1300 in it. There was a guy who advertised a 1600 single port, freshly rebuilt, yada yada. I picked it up for less than what a professionally rebeuilt engine sold for, but still not cheap. I put it in the car, and tried to start it. The darn starter would barely turn it over. I tried turning it over by hand, and the thing was just incredibly tight. I ended up pulling the motor out and taking it apart. The guy had put oversize bearings in it, WITHOUT GRINDING THE CRANK . It had other problems...basically ended up being a really expensive core. I ended up rebuilding it myself with the help of a professional mechanic. I got to spend a summer working in a shop that specialized in VWs, doing misc. stuff and working on my engine. My dad paid them, but with the work I did around the place we got a deal.

Expensive lesson, but I only had to learn it once . I've never been lucky enough to buy a motor and find anything special inside... The F-head I'm putting in my '55 had 3 valve spring keepers in the oil pan when I took it off...does that count? R) . Weird thing is they were intake keepers, and it wasn't missing any .

 

Just keeping spare parts on hand

 

It's still sitting in the frame, so I would just need to run a couple of wires to get it running. This was my daily driver for a while before I took it apart, just around town stuff but I ran it every day.

If I'm only getting a few hundred for it, I might keep the headers and include some stock manifolds. The headers were like $300 alone.

 

Personally I would keep the engine. sounds like you have have a lot of work put into it that you'll never get back. It's very scary buying an engine that you can't hear run or drive for that matter. I purchased a F-134 that had been sitting under a workbench for 30 years. I was told it had the piston and rings done. Also the crank shaft, but he told me he only had the rings
seated, he said after 6000 miles. He wanted more power and pulled it out. it also it had been stripped of all exterior parts except the carburetor
oil pump and exhaust manifold I got him down to $300, but I was still nervous
the only thing is, he could've said he had a valve job done but he didn't he said the valves were only were seated. So after purchasing all the other items I needed to get it running. It turned out to be a beautifully smooth running engine. Also the additional money I spent I knew I could use in my other jeep so I wasn't throwing good money after bad. If you know it is a good motor put it under your workbench. People aren't willing to spend much on a motor They know nothing about, especially if it is been stripped of some parts They will have to purchase before they can even get it running. Sorry about the long post, I got carried away
Doug/Tucson