I bought this car as a basket case over 25 years ago as a sentimental replacement for the '40 Coupe that I had once owned.  It was supposed to be finished in time for my wife's 40th birthday but that slipped until it was done just a year ago in time for her big "57th"   It has a 1962 261 bored to 272 inches, a ported and polished "848" head, balanced,9 1/2 compression forged pistons, HEI ignition, Fenton headers, Howard 3/4 cam with hydraulic lifters, cruise control and a Holley "Pro-jection" TB fuel injection system. Bolted on to the engine is an air conditioner compressor, alternator and power steering pump using custom made mounts.  The usual aluminum rocker cover is there plus a polished 1/4 inch thick stainless plate machined and drilled as the pushrod cover.  Interior of the car is mostly leather with stock gauges and dash treatment to maintain the stock look.  Exterior treatment is stock except for the 15 inch rims and radial tires but still using the stock hubcaps.  The paint is 98 Calypso Red by BMW.  The steering wheel was a factory option...at least is is shown in the Chevrolet "accessory list" for the '40.  It was called either a "spinner wheel" or by some as a "banjo wheel"  I do know that it is quite rare and the last decent one I saw for sale a couple of years ago went for a cool $1000.  I was very lucky to find a guy in Washington that could rebuild mine as it was a basket case with just some broken plastic pieces and a steel rim with no plastic on it.  Regarding the transmission, it is bone stock without the vacuum shift however.  The rear axle is a stock unit with "Powerglide" gears which are 3.55 to 1 instead of the stock 4.11 gears.  Cruises along with slightly oversize tires at 70 around 2950 RPM. We drive the car often and just returned from a 1800 mile round trip to the Seattle area from our home in St. Helena, CA. with the top down all the way.  What a blast!