Speedway Motors has nice looking stable stands for a decen't price, I think my SBF one was $35. They look like they had more flotation for the floor than either Summit or Jegs which I liked as well. A 289/302 is somwhere around 400-450lbs. Mine has no guts but is all cast iron so I don't know how much it exactly is, just don't drop it on the cat...
Probably 10 years ago or better I had a guy give me a 2bbl '67 289 and 2wd C4 trans if I got it out of his basement. It had never been bored, I had big plans of putting it in my truck, ended up going a different route. The living room in my house is Ford themed and I thought it would be neat to have an engine all prettied up on display.
I took my engine and extensivly cleaned it, puff canned the dark Ford blue and clear coat. It only has a crank in it, rods, pistons and valvetrain are in storage, junked the cam. A guy gave me some headers from his 1994 Mustang GT, another guy gave me a blown engine out of a truck so I robbed the oil pan from that which was clean and in nice shape (the 289 pan was all beat up) Cleaned and painted the dizzy and cap/collar. Disassembled, cleaned and painted the POS 2150 feedback carb from my 2.8. The chrome waterneck I had on my truck before I realized I needed a second temp port for a gauge so it was an extra. Timing cover is from my '87 CV 302, it has the boss for the fuel pump and front dipstick but they are filled in so the engine isn't open through there.
I was going to put a glass table top on it, Ford has the carb mounting base at an angle relative to the valve covers so it would require shimming so you wouldn't bust the glass. It is so the powertrain can be tipped down slightly for the driveline and the carb will still sit level. I decided to just make a light out of it instead. Ran the cord up through the back header, through the head, intake and carb. I have two ropelights wrapped around the inside of the air filter.
All I really have money in is valve covers ($20 JY) paint, stand, air filter housing, oil filter, fuel filter, the little bypass hose and lighting effects.
It is heavy but it is not that hard to pull the intake and heads, two guys can easily move the block on the stand. I have a piece of 1/2" plywood under the aluminum diamond tread so it doesn't leave funny marks in the carpet or mangle the diamond tread.
I haven't got a pic of it since I dusted the shop dust off, I will add that it kinda sucks to dust...
No wifey or GF but I have stunned every female cousin that has seen it.
One thought it was a heater...
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