You'd be surprised at the "barn finds" still out there........a couple of years ago a buddy was going thru a storage shed in an old country junk yard and came home with a short-block 427 for 200 bucks, probably could have got it for less, but he made the first offer and the old guy took it..........that very same engine went thru a rebuild and was stroked and now resides in a 9 second late model drag race mustang................
I've seen all kinds of stuff over the years......at a nearby junkyard there are 2 hemis sitting side by side, one is a 392 cu in (I think that's the right cu in for the early hemis) and the other is ???? cu in, but the original valve covers say "DESOTO" on them, both engines are complete from water pump to flywheel and carb to
oil pan....thankfully they are stored in a shed out of the weather.........
David