To Quench or Not to Quench?

Preach on brother. I wanna see this one slung together.

1st things 1st.

I have to find a disc brake conversion off of a later model Mopar & an 8 3/4" diff to get the car rolling on BBP 5 X 4 1/2 wheels W/decent rubber & good brakes.

Probably the 1st thing on the engine will be the Buick rockers. I am trying to get some shipped direct to Gary.

Then, I need to find a late model head so I can start machining/checking to see if this will even work.

1st order would be to conterbore the deck using a big bore head gasket as a guide.

If I can get them cheap enough, might even buy 2 similar vintage late model heads so I can section 1 of them to see what kind of material thickness I am dealing with in the combustion chamber area.

This is just the type of thing a man needs to get him up off off his A$$ to start doing something.