I'm a little surprised at some of the replys to this. The original post was about someone hoping to "reunite" a car owner with an engine. Nice thing to do. But nowhere does it say he's doing it for the going rate for any old hemi. If he owns nearly half the value of the reunited car why shouldn't he share in the wealth? Maybe the car owner should sell to him at the "non-matching" price.
The follow-on posts make the other guy seem like a bad guy when he say's "the engine is still available". Punching him out or trashing him because he expects to profit on a deal? How many of you are willing to "sell back" your car for what you paid for it? What if you found out its worth 5 times as much now? But the original owner would like to be reunited also. Car, Engine, and 1st owner! Isn't that the "right thing to do". Isn't that fair? Shouldn't he have the option to get it back at his original sale price?
The engine owner's price may be a bit high, but without THAT engine the car is "just another Hemi-cuda, not matching". If the car owner had the car AND engine, I bet he wouldn't sell it for the non-matching price "just to be nice". I'm as passonate as most here about my mopars, and matching up cars sounds nice. But the discussion reminds me of a quote from "North Dallas Forty" - "When I call it a game, you call it a business. When I call it a business, you call it a game."
And this isn't even a discussion post - its a classified. Parties involved should make their own deals(no offense to the poster intended).
