Getting ready to swap a 5.7 into my 73 Dart Swinger

Engine builder gave me a call today added about $675 to the bill apparently when spun a bearing 4 rods are bad and the entire crank is bad so all that needs to be replaced and he added tax so now instead of 1200 I'm at 18 something ouch
And so it begins, we promised to heckle you from afar. Pretend we are all sitting in your shop adult beverage in hand, tunes playing in back ground, shop dog at our feet, all of us looking at that empty hole in your car where engine goes. You tell us of your woes with jacked up engine bid and we all start reminiscing about ours. Yep you are getting off cheap! Have another shot shake your head and figure we’ll i will need to work some OT to cover it. We all swear we will help you when day comes to stick motor in. We have all done it Vega!