If the 261 block doesn't have any gaping holes or big freeze cracks in it, don't scrap it! Somebody will come along who's willing to take it, and maybe even pay you for it!
Jerry

"It is better to be silent and be thought a fool than to speak and eliminate all doubt!" - Abraham Lincoln
Cringe and wail in fear, Eloi- - - - -we Morlocks are on the hunt!
There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow man; true nobility is being superior to your former self. - Ernest Hemingway
Love your enemies and drive 'em nuts!