Looking at bill Mitchell's site, it states "In early July 2018 Gary Stanton had built and dyno tested the first BMP aluminum Hemi block and gave us his approval. It is now Mid August and we are happy to say that we have now just shipped our first 8 BMP aluminum Hemi blocks. We have decided to make a few small modifications at the foundry. Fortunately this will not take too long and Projected ship dates for new orders will begin in the later part of 2018. Due to the demand we are taking orders and asking for small deposits to guarantee a spot on the schedule." Although this is an aluminum block, it's nice to see some more options for blocks are starting to ship out again.