Thought I had the deal of a century for you today, went to take a look at it during lunch today and all I can say is "people suck", this dude claimed to have a running 454 in his "race car" for $600,
NOTit was a very tired grease spot that GM called a 402 that had stuff trying to get out (knock), anyways I have a call into my "Rock Dodger" friends to find out if anybody has a running 454 crate motor for cheap, sometimes due to the rules, these guys replace rather than rebuild and can be a pretty good deal especially since they are all going 502/502..Keep ya posted