so this morning I was picking up trash along the roads at work, spotted a hunk of plastic half buried out in the woods. when I got up close I noticed it was shaped kinda funny, flipped it over to discover it was a 3800 series II engine cover in dirty but good condition as far as I can tell.





i'm thinking it'll be a good piece to bring to a swap meet, just wondering if you 3.8 n/a guys can help me figure out what a fair price would be to ask for it (i'm thinking $40 cleaned up) also if there is any common areas they break that I should check and if there are any different styles GM may have used with different years / cars

 

It looks right to me, is there a piece of plastic that goes over the little nub on the back

That usually gets lost.

 

Funny find!!

I know GM had two covers like that one. One was for the W-bodies with the upper front engine mounts and the other was for the H-bodies that did not have them. The H-body cover won't fit the W-body cars without cutting it. I just don't recall the tell-tale differences.

 

nice find!

Engine covers make great mancave decorations... (better if they are from vehicles you own...)
I got my bonneville's engine cover displayed and my current one displayed until I use it at shows.

 

Lol neat find ryan.

 

haha awesome find

 

lol I figured you guys would like it, I couldin't believe it when I flipped it over. not that I NEED another car part laying around but just finding a part related to a monte carlo totally at random in the woods made my day

which little nub? I did find a little rubber / plastic piece where i'd assume it attaches to the engine that fell off when I tossed it in the truck... it's on my toolbox right now.

cool, thanks for the info man, good to know there are a couple of different styles.

there is a lady who lives right near where I found the cover who has a fairly beat up black 6th gen monte SS so i'm thinking that may be what It came from.

 

That's a good find even if it only brings 20 bucks. Its free money

 

so today I get to add to the engine cover saga... I was sent out again to pick up litter today and decided to swing by where I found the engine cover... turns out the beat up
th gen SS (like an -00-01) lives directly across the street from where I found the cover!

however... now that the snow melted back I noticed some more black plastic farther back in the woods and on the same lot as the cover... walked back and found a complete, unbroken dash bezal / trim piece for a late 90's / early 2000's buick regal ls, along with an airbox and intake tube.

on top of all this, I realized my buddie's dad recently bought the property at a tax sale, so i know who owns the land and am going to walk the rest of the property with my buddie to see if anything else turns up
that's right! worst case i'll hang it in the garage...