/6 or v8 swap?

Years ago like 1989 a buddy of mine was looking for a cheap wintertime car. We both worked at an auto auction. They were selling off N.J. bell phone vans and supervisor cars. The cars were chevette scooter 2 door hatchbacks, manual everything, no A/C, no rear defroster. So he has a car dealer friend bid on one. Not realizing they were being sold as "lots" and only 1 vehicle from each "lot" would run thru the auctioneer block. So he goes to get his title xfer for his chevette thinking it should cost about $10, lady behind the window says no sir it will be $40. You purchased a "lot" of cars, he says no i didnt purchase a bunch of cars i purchased 1 car. She says no you bit on a representation of the 4 vehicles in your "lot" so he payed $16.25 each for a grand total of $65 for 4 chevettes. He parked 3 in his moms back yard, drove the 4th one and used parts off the other 3 to keep it running. When he was done with it a few years later, he sold all 4 to the salvage yard for $25 each car lol.