Usually, when someone hears the word “Hemi” they think of one of Mopars popular musclecars and they want to see the car lucky enough to cradle the elephant. Put a high price tag on that Hemi, and you’re pretty sure it’s a rare and completely restored musclecar.

Is the oil included with the Hemi?

The Hemi we recently found on eBay, however, has a high “Buy It Now” price – without any car or even a transmission attached to it. Hemis are cool, no doubt, but who would pay huge money for a used Hemi that has been sitting for about 40 years?

We know that “numbers matching” is a term thrown around in restorations in hopes of raising the price, but since this engine will probably never go back into the car it came out of, is it worth that kind of “investment”, as the seller puts it? Investments are only good if you can make money off of it, so this would have to sell for even more somewhere down the line.

The engine has a little history to it in the description. The story goes on to say something about someone had the car, got married, had a kid, swapped the Hemi for a 383, gave the engine to the mechanic, etc. It all sounds like an “As the World Turns” episode, with one guy knowing another who used to know someone else. We suppose that means something to someone.

The Hemi in question is a 1969 build that was originally sitting in a 1970 4-speed GTX, and there’s a little info about options and where the car is presumed to be racing currently. The heads have been off the block, and there are a couple of parts missing, but it’s listed as “near complete”. The starting bid is only $78,000, but the “Buy It Now” price of $150,000 is what caught our attention.

The seller states that it was owned by a guy who was friends with a drag racer, Frank Bradly [sic]. Don’t get us wrong, we love history and everything, but isn’t that like saying, “my sister knew a guy who was friends with someone who knew someone famous”? For this kind of money, we need to see a car attached to the engine. How about you?