The crate engines were on ebay. Partsworld at Chesterfield.
They started off at £2k and worked their way down. I bought one at £1200 but I think some lucky sods got them as low as £995?
My reckoning was you would have to pay 6 or 700 quid just to refresh a V6 before dropping it in so I was happy enough to pay what I did.
I think somebody bought the last few engines off them as a package and then maybe tried to flog them on at a sizeable profit as one appeared on ebay at £3k.
As Jim says some folks, me included, think a Stratos replica needs an Italian V6. But I've never been sure why.