I've had 4 of these now, I have a 98 350 with 5000 miles in nice shape.. 2 of my parts units died from transmission failures, one would pop out of every gear except 4th, the other only has 2 gears, 4th and 5th I think, first one sounds like a snap ring came off, other sounds like a bent shift rod or something. Both the engines run great.. Carbs are a little finnicky, especially if they've been abandoned for 10 years and you gotta try and clean all the goop out of them. They're good workhorses though.. Most I ever paid for one was $1000, got one for $500 and two for $100 each