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Are you kidding?
They are not that rare. I got the spare '85 for 100, and the shop rebuilt if for around 2400.
A good build will cost more, but the blocks are not that expensive. There's a few builder, and I mean a few, that specialize in the AMC v-8s and do beautiful work
I’m sure that’s more regional dependent.
It took us 3 years to track the last one down. And I forget what he gave for it, but I know it was a few hundred for the bare block