69 Notch Barracuda - Rebirth

Thanks all! And thanks for the answers to questions, and for all of your inspiration.

Well... my plan all along was to paint the block, but since I don't yet know what color I'm painting the car, OR the engine bay, I'm not certain about a color for the block yet. I will definitely be driving the car as a sleeper, keeping the body in the gritty, yet VERY solid condition it's in now. I'm not going to stick with any traditional colors for the block, otherwise that would have made my decision for me, and I would simply paint it as I built it... or after it's all put together. I'll just pull it down the line to give it a proper paint job if I feel like it.

So my thoughts now are to, at least initially, keep the engine with a bit of a piecemeal look, making sure to protect from rust. I mostly stay away from car shows right now... but if i were to walk along a row of perfectly painted, shiny, and beautifully restored cars... I'd walk right past them all if there was something like this at the end of the row ;) I don't need flash, but I want a very high standard of functionality (within a sensible budget, of course). I don't know... my heart is old school... and old school levels of HP. I'd like to make it beautiful someday, but for now, any delay in getting it running and on the road.. i want only to come from lack of budget, or function... not lack of beauty.