[marcocsx3121]

I don't want a big block: my dream engine for the FIA is a 427 inch 351 Windsor stroker. Less weight, more power with the available aftermarket heads, plus it would be in the lineage of the original 289.

I bought CSX 3121 in November 1969 for $6250, which was about a grand more than a new 427 'Vette at the time. It was an impulse purchase following an unpleasant divorce (are there any pleasant ones?), and the car needed both mechanical and cosmetic work. If I had shopped around, I could have found an essentially perfect 427 for that amount of money. In any case, my new wife and I restored the car and we had a lot fun with it for a few years. In another impulsive move, we sold it in September 1975 for $23000, having reasoned that Cobra prices could not possibly go any higher. Bottom line: don't take any of my investment advice. Soon after we sold the car, it was featured in a number of publications, including Automobile Quarterly.