Beater of the Pack
Thank you for being upfront with your thoughts. Being 17 he has "dreams of grandeur" which are great. The car will never be an "original" in that it needs too much work to fix the prior botched work done to her. She definitely can be resorted back to original BUT for now he is looking to make her into a good presentable weekend drivers. He would like to take her to shows, cruise nights and even a 1,000 mile weekend fall foliage tour next season. So drivability and reliability are the most important. He wanted to do a 4200 or V8 swap but I said the same thing as you...she is a work in progress. The existing 216 turns over by hand but we haven't tried to start her. I figured for the price of rebuilding the 216 I can get a 230-250 that runs and drives and is ready to go. Regardless we would remove and prep the 216 for storage so he has all the original parts. I tired to unload jpeg photos but it won't let me. I will try again.
Last edited by Stovebolt12; 12/19/23 12:32 AM.
