**73 Scamp Mini Pro-Street Engine Swap**

I took the car out for a trial spin yesterday. The exhaust is tame until you lay into it a bit. It sounds almost like open headers but behind me. Car is very quite inside. Without a doubt it rides WAY better than leaf springs. No hard hitting at all. Car drives straight as an arrow and it is not aligned yet. Brakes work very good too. I only took it out to Heat up everything, rear end gears, exhaust etc and then let it cool back down and check for any leaks.

I was at a light coming out of old town Murrieta. A guy stopped at my door coming the other way in traffic and said Damn.... Nice car, does it have a Dana or an 8 3/4.... I told him Ford 9", he say O Hmmmm. My light turns green and I smack the throttle. The car did not spin at all, front end topped out immediately and it felt like it pulled the tires! I let off and short shifted into 2nd.

So anyway I get it home pull in the driveway to check the trans fluid. Pop the hood and then look under the car...... Damn I got a brake fluid leak in the rear..... Check the trans fluid all is good. Pull it into the garage and jack up the rear end...... the exhaust touched the drop line on the rear block and loosened it up........ I am thinking Damn I screwed that up and gotta make new rear lines and move the block. The rear tailpipes were an after thought and this stuff happens... Oh well.... Get over it an fix it is my thought, but how?? I left the rear end up in the air and the car that way over night. Took my wife to the movies and thought about the problem a bit. I ended up just making an aluminum bracket that the vent bolt holds down with a hole drilled in the other side that the block can bolt to, I bent the rear lines and moved the block back. Bolted it all back together and all is clear. Was a pretty easy fix and it looks like it is supposed to be that way.

All is good.