@@offroad5594 you're right. What should have happened was to save the original engine and spent the money to repair it. Even a rod through the block can be repaired, but too often the easy route is taken. I found a 68 Maserati Ghibli Spyder in a wrecking yard that had a cracked block, trashed seats and interior shredded top, but all the trim and other bits were there. I went straight in and offered to buy it. They said that they had just sold it for 900 bucks and that the buyer was getting a car trailer to pick it up. When the buyer returned I offered him 3k for it. He sickened me when he said he had wrecked his 73 corvette and was going to use its power train and seats in the Maserati. Restored it would be valued at 300k today. Doing what they did to it, maybe 20k and depending on how much they chopped up to fit that Chevy power train even less.
