Originally posted by Streets
Wouldn't it be more plausible to check out the classifieds whereby someone is selling a HEMI powered car and buy THAT for your project, then just "part out" the donor?? MUST be more HEMI CARS out there than ENGINE'S for sale..
Nice thought, but muscle cars are hot right now, and if it says "Hemi" there's an inordinant premium attached. It's just that old supply and demand curve at work again. (see, it's not just here where all the closet Mopar lovers hang) Sorta like when Miatas first hit the market. Dealers were getting hefty side stickers, people were waiting in line to get on the waiting list. A couple of folks I talked to even thought they were buying instant "collector cars". Now all they've got is an older car that might be worth slightly more than any other Miata because it has lower miles. Not really too different than what happened with the 25th Anniversary Vettes or the '76 El Dorado convertibles (supposedly the "last" convertibles GM would ever make).

Greed can be a funny thing. I was talking to one of the leads Tech gave me last night and he must be a friend of Streets neighbor. All he could say was $25k, and he didn't even have any. Then, I guess to test how gullible I might be, he said "guys are buyin' up the last of the crate motors for $20k just to get the blocks". Since these are "reproductions" that doesn't make a lot of sense since you can buy an aluminum KB or Milodon wet block for about $5k. They'll take more hp and weigh less! But then, when people "panic" they'll do all sorts of irrational things. After the call was over my wife comes in the office and says "You sure were saying 'Ain't gonna happen' quite a bit".

Keep those cards and letters comin'.