My '67 Satellite 318 904 has very low compression in cylinder #1 with severe blow-by. Suspect stuck/broken rings from extended time not being started/run/driven. Other than that the car is almost a Survivor in untouched condition.
Because of it being disqualified as a Survivor, an engine swap is a good option. I would spend money and time to repair the 318 or spend about the same time and money to do a swap. With the end results of a swap being much more desirable, I chose swap.

Here it goes!

First thing was to pull the donor.
A '68 Newport 383 with a fresh 727 that my brother Henry (Model Maker) wasn't finding alot of interested buyers for became the Donor.

The engine ran excellent. Good compression and oil pressure. Disassembley goes much faster than assembly

its out

Time to take a closer look.

pull the heads just to make sure everything is OK

steel shim gaskets right from the factory! it seems to have never been apart!
check this out, you can see something interesting here?

Clean clean and clean some more!
New gasket set, timing chain and some Dupli Color engine paint ready to go!

I did use a fresh set of 906 heads I had and was unable to sell.

Now for the transplant patient

Drain fluids, pull the battery and off with hood.
Edit: Exhaust out and all linkages off and pull the driveshaft.Edit
Then drop the transmission and prop the engine pan on the steering link

Almost forgot
this is always nice to see!

now for the heart of the victim

Ready to pull

Thanks Henry!!!
Everything goes so much easier with good help

Out without a hitch.

Dirty and empty

you can still see the little block of wood used to prop the engine when pulling the transmission

Cleaner and still empty

on to the install

cool car. man its nice to get something that hasn't been messed with. keep the pictures coming.

its in
I will admit I was a bit nervous during the install but it went perfect!