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The owner claims the car has a 428 engine - the dual quads, however, in my opinion were not as delivered. As far as cost of restoration, $200k is too high, although it does take much more time to salvage/restore every original piece as opposed to just bolting together new parts (more than a new Kirkham), if it is restored correctly. The problem is, most of them do just have new parts bolted on - you can see, however, why since the restoration guys have to make a living and it can take forever (and cost a fortune) to fix and replate every original piece of chrome, hunt down all the correct hose clamps, etc. Jim Maxwell, I'm sure you can appreciate this aspect with what you are going through on your "joint" small block restoration!