How much is a supercharger setup worth?

[Ronny Daytona]

Hi, I have a chance to buy a ‘63. It came with a factory supercharger, but it had been removed sometime in it’s past. Wondering what the car would be worth as is, and how much a correct supercharger setup would cost. The car has been sitting outside for about 30 years. Interior still looks presentable. Four speed car. Thank you. 

[Dwight FitzSimons]

4 hours ago, Ronny Daytona said:

Hi, I have a chance to buy a ‘63. It came with a factory supercharger, but it had been removed sometime in its past. Wondering what the car would be worth as is, and how much a correct supercharger setup would cost. The car has been sitting outside for about 30 years. Interior still looks presentable. Four speed car. Thank you. 

I assume the supercharger itself is gone.  A core might cost several hundred dollars and a rebuild might be $1000.  (Someone who knows more than I do please chime in.)

If the supercharger bracket and idler arm are gone then that would be "hundreds" more.  Then there is the air horn, air cleaner, and carb.  More hundreds.

So, assuming those parts are gone it might cost "several thousand $" to put the engine back to R2 status.

--Dwight

[mfg]

Well, one thing in your favor (assuming the R2 engine is still with the car), is that it would have the correct lower compression cylinder heads, which are fairly scarce these days!

[63stick]

If it's been sitting outside for 30 years, I think you will have bigger problems and other costs than the blower setup.

[63stick]

There are two blowers, just the blower, not even the front pulley on Ebay for $2,100 ea. Both chromed.

[Dwight FitzSimons]

10 hours ago, mfg said:

Well, one thing in your favor (assuming the R2 engine is still with the car), is that it would have the correct lower compression cylinder heads, which are fairly scarce these days!

The lower compression heads (R2) have a "raised" casting number ending in 582.  The higher compression heads (R1 ) have a casting number of 570.

This casting number is on the center exhaust outlet on the head.

--Dwight