Asking for a friend who had a fire.

[Chevy55]

Originally Posted by a pontiac

My friend had a storage shed burn to the ground with his 72 corvette totally burned with only steel and iron remaining. Is the engine (350) worth anything? Valve covers had started to melt and carb is melted blob. What do you think?

Block, Heads, crank should all be good, obviously the coolant in the block was boiling but the engine wasn't turning over. At 15000 F cast iron turns bright cherry red