~450hp from stock stroke 340?

might still be down here running around!

a lot of cars from back in the day are resurfacing as the former owners are checking out, have moved on or their kids are now dragging them out to get 'em going again.

i find great joy in putting something back on the street that's been dormant for ages-- even if it's *slightly* de-tuned from what it was back then; they're still cool cars and it's great to see them out running around.
Especially something that was well known and revered. That's just cool stuff. Years ago when I was alignment guy at a local tire shop, we had a guy come in askin if any of us was interested in helping him revive an old "muscle car" and he wasn't a mechanic and didn't know much about it. I agreed to go look. We get over there and here's a 1970 Torino Cobra with a 429 CJ and 4 speed. I knew the car from years back. It was a holy terror on the street. It wouldda been fun to do, but I looked it over and it had mega rust in the back. He decided to sell it.