Small block rebuild

Brutally honest the car in stock form isn’t worth much. Not too many people looking for that pristine example of ANY A body with a slant in it. Not to rag on the leaning tower of power, but the market for one is very small. I would keep all the original parts motor trans, just because its nice to keep them together. Unless you have a real SS hemi car or maybe an original well optioned 383 or a 440 car The value of A bodies is in that they are relatively cheap and offer a good performance muscle car that you are not afraid to drive. I own a original 68 340-s fastback AC car in a nice color original motor trans. In pristine condition its worth $30,000? Maybe? A non numbers matching small block duster 340 clone in pristine shape is worth $20,000? Maybe $25,000. Unless you have those few exceptions mentioned above A bodies are not really appreciating vehicles. Not to mention I personally believe that in 5-8 years NO ONE is going to care what number is on the block, muscle car prices will drop. If I had a bunch of original hemi cars I would be selling. The numbers matching crowd is just getting older and smaller! Thats just my two cents