Gezzz it had to be 15 yrs ago we went to LPE auction when John was still alive.They where selling off all of his speed parts he had collected over the yrs and got a huge super market rented to put all the stuff in.On one pallet was for one price 5 409's with all the good stuff like dual quad intakes.I passed on it and it sold for $750 bucks.And what with John it was all the best GM had to offer.After the auction was done John told me really there where 5 running 409 engines on that one with only one dyno pull one them.

So I came back home and I was telling a friend that was working on a 348 rebuild for his 58 about how I passed on that deal because it was old W heavy blocks.He looked square in the eyes and called me a idiot.Show me a bill for bearings alone that he had to order and how expensive they are.Said that pallet in the worst case was worth atleast 5 times what it sold for.Yeah I was kicking myself for awhile after that one.