Maybe if some of the manufacturers and "sellers" would bring the prices back down to earth for some of this stuff it would be more realistic and practical for the average guy to build an FE but I see more and more greed, plain and simple, and that's pushing the cost of building a decent FE, for the sake of an FE, right out the roof for most. Most of these parts aren't that rare. They were made by the thousands. They're just being horded. Power per dollar is not there with the FE and if all it's ever going to be is a niche, collector engine then yes, it'll basically die. I see way more popularity with this engine now than I did almost 20 yrs ago when I was building Cobras because the aftermarket sorta started to come up with some decent stuff for it, but it's limited and very expensive. If the hobbyist/older Ford enthusiast (not collector) is going to support this engine platform and the industry behind it, it's going to have to be far more cost competitive. The prices on some of the older Ford stuff I see lately is just absurd.