Has anybody recently bought a slant six crate engine?

My block has been at the machine shop since before Christmas. Honestly, if they have long blocks on the shelf ready to crate and ship with a warranty then I’d say go for it. If I started the project now I’d likely not see the block again until early summer.

My machinist said it was going to be about $2k-$2500 for valve guides, hardened seats, .060 off the head, .020 off the block, .030 over, crank polished, balanced, rods rebuilt, machine shop supplied pistons and bearings. Then I’ve got about $382 for cam, and lifter regrind, springs, keepers and retainers from Oregon Cam. Plus my labor to put it together and no warranty.

The price of a junk yard Magnum in NH is $350 when I looked 6 months ago which is way more bang for the buck but for some reason it seemed a better fit to keep the slant in my more-door early A body.