Gen III Hemi Prices

Is it just me or does it seem like Gen III Hemi's are still extremely expensive? I just looked at my local CL out of curiosity and all of the 5.7L Hemi's were $1500 minimum. I'd figure after being in production for 15 years in almost every car that Dodge/Ram/Chrysler offered that there would be enough out there to drive the prices down. It seems like you could buy a car with a Hemi in it for that price and scrap the unneeded parts to make the purchase cheaper.


What I have been seeing is dropped valve seats on the pre-2010 engines (Non-VCT). Chrysler would not recognize it and did not recall them due to it would bankrupt them. Now, they are trying to make up for it with huge prices on the ones that work, and remanufactured engines. It is tough to find a good used >2010 hemi in NoCal salvage yards for less than 4 or 5K.