The item came with a shipping crate that the seller assumes is original; I agree from the faded labeling that this box, at least, left the U.K. in 1970 and ended up in Baltimore the same year. It's more of a "barn find" that the seller ran on a river at least once, 6 years ago, and then put back into the box.
The question is this - Considering that the engine isn't even close to being a showpiece and will not become one, by my hands at least, does the original crate add value upon resale? Typically, I mean. Of course market forces will decide, yadda yadda, ad nauseum.
How about if it was you looking at it, and assume you're in the market for a WPCL and that we live close enough for a day's round-trip drive to do some trade.
Here are some pics.. The one with the power head is a bit fuzzy -





There is always the option to part it out, or of keeping this and sell off the 40+ and still earn a profit (and it'll have to run DAMN well for me to give up my 40+). I dwell on this matter chiefly because my current surgical recovery prevents me from laying a hand on the engine to evaluate it. Thank you for your observations.
-Ted