17 and in need for power!!

just food for thought ....I started out in mopars pretty young like you and my first A-body was a dart. At the time I thought it was a boring grandma car because it had a slant six/ three by the knee and it had a bench seat and faded paint....*yawn* so I thought and I believed at that time I needed a fast 500 horse car.

As I got older I wanted my old car back the way it was. even with a bench and slant just how it was when I had first got it. I would actually pay top dollar now to have it in the same shape it was in then.

My point is, you have an extremely cool car there and I would bet its the only one of its kind in the parking lot. Is there really anything wrong with it the way it is? Just have fun with it and roll up your "memory odometer" with it. It can really be that simple. Just sayin from experience.