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Originally Posted by Fordzilla
Will he recoup the 20K+ at sale time because it's got a Shelby block? I highly doubt it.
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If you have two used Kirkhams in the resale market, equal in every manner, except one has a built 428/462, and the other has the Keith Craft 482 with a Shelby (or Pond) block, which Kirkham would sell for a higher price? How much higher?
It's probably NOT going to be a $20,000 difference, but the OP will have spent probably at least $10,000 to build his 428/462. So will the Kirkham with the KC 482/CSX (or Pond) engine sell for $10,000 more. I dunno, but if they were both priced equally and both cars were equal in every manner but the engine, then I would purchase the Kirkham with the KC 482 engine over the Kirkham with the 428/462 engine all day long.
In fact, I'll take one step further. IMHO, I, ME, MYSELF would pay more for a Kirkham with an aluminum block than I would for a Kirkham with any cast iron block, of course, that would exclude an original SOHC engine.
Of course, others will feel differently.