New forum group, Nor-Cal Mopars

You wanted to put a 340 into the Sunbeam? I could have told you that wouldn't fit. Remember, Chrysler bought Sunbeam while it was still building Tigers. Ma Mopar wanted to replace the Ford small block with their small block, but no way... For one thing, the distributor would be under the cowl behind the dashboard — a little inaccessible for setting the points. So they shut down Tiger production, to general dismay. Your build looks awesome, BTW.

Thanks,
The distributor was not an issue because I would have been using a F.A.S.T. engine management. Also the magnums do not have a distributor. It came down to having a narrow 50+ year old car with no modern features.
You are right, many diehard Mopar people didn't even know that Chrysler owned the Sunbeam in the end.