$400-500 for a complete running engine is normal for them. They made a zillion of them and unless you have a rare cylinder head (D F H), there's not all that much difference between them, except the drop from 10.5:1 to 8.5:1 for all years 1971 and newer. Also induction hardened valve seats at the same time. The ultra-rare 455 steel cranks were made at the beginning of the 1968 model year and ended up primarily in two barrel Delta 88s. Best one ever - a 455 built in 1976 at the end of the run. They must have been cleaning the bins out. I was there when this original engine was torn down: Four-speed crank in an auto trans application, 3 different manufacturer's head bolts, it literally had to be from the very very tail end of the production run. It was a bastard.
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53 Studebaker, 400P/th400/9"
64 F-85
72 4-4-2 Mondello's VO Twister II
84 Hurst/Olds #2449
87 Cutlass Salon
54 Olds 88 sedan
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