To all those who posted a reply, thank-you very much for your assistance.  Craig, im going to go see Paul and look at getting one of his grey motors...thank-you!

Thanks for the replies so far.
Totaly forgot to mention i'm in Victoria, Melbourne area.  Guess if things are hard to come by and i have to get something from interstate then thats what i gotta do if i wanna keep my car on the road.
Gavin

Hi all,

I have an FC Holden which is my everyday car and the engine has pretty much had it and its undrivable.  It was last reconditioned 4 years ago and it has lost compression, the cam is worn at the harmonic balancer and it now has a bottom end noise banging the side of the engine.  My mechanic says it is no longer worth reconditioning and i desparately need another engine.
I would prefer a reconditioned one, but i know these engines are hard to come by so anything may help!!! If anyone has anything please let me know?
Thanks Gavin