68 340 engine or good block wanted

Jim:

I just bought an entire 340 Duster parts car with the original, complete (only minus the Thermo-Bog), matching numbers 340 intact last December for $1,500. That got me a complete 340, the K-Member, the front disk brake set-up, a tranny core, and more odds & ends than I could shake a stick at. And he wants $900 for a bare block??? Tell that guy go to go pound sand... It's inanely priced crap like this that makes the hobby unapproachable for so many people today. There are blocks out there; it's not like they only made a few hundred of the things...'68 or otherwise...and there aren't any 1968 E Bodies to blame the prices on...

Just my opinion...

Ray