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The 3V is far from plug and play, if you have the time, experience or money to pay someone else to get it to work sure it would be worth it. I'd suggest doing searches for the engine and tranny. Engines were around $3K on the pallet but I would guess they are higher now. You can get a built tranny for around $2K on the pallet. Add a few thousand for labor.