Enablers!........thank you all for the welcome.
Some more pix and info.
California car with 53K, unmolested survivor. Owned by an old lady....really.
Been in Mn a couple years, PO pulled the top end off the 273 and then croaked.
No one knows where the parts are, works for me.....
Putting a 440 I had built ~25 years ago that had all the best parts available put into it. To date it, many were Direct Connection.
'69 Six Pak motor with forged TRW flat tops, 509 cam, ported 906 heads with big stainless valves, Hemi springs, HV-HP oil pump, DC ignition conversion, M1 intake with a 3310....and so on.
It's at the machine shop getting disassembled, cleaned and gone through as we speak. Had some bugs in it....literally.
Got a race prepped 727 waiting with a high stall converter and a 4:10 Dana 60 posi out of a B body ready to go.
Just found a mint pair of upper control arms for a disc conversion.
Aside from turning in the real fender well lip, not gonna cut anything. Will add sub frame connectors.
Gonna remove the vinyl top and go with the original QQ1 Dark Red Poly paint. That will be getting started in about a month.
Losing the rally wheels and going steel / red line dog dish. Keeping all the nice trim/brightwork.
Thinking about some black stripes that are not stock but look like they could be.
Maybe a couple rallye stripes down the hood, top and deck lid, something different.
Still need to lay down for the headers, adapters, drive shaft and a lotta little stuff but am well on my way.
Not building a show car, just a functional and reliable street brawler. Nothing that hasn't already been done before but it would be mine.
Would like to drive it before the snow flies next winter.
Johnny
