Well, I have an ulterior motive. My dad used to have a '53 Chevy Bellair Hardtop Convertible (Sports Coupe??). I am trying to come up with one on the cheap for him (he doesn't know, so lets keep it a secret). I expect whatever I find for a car will have a bad engine, so I want to put the best torqy inline in it, that looks original (excepting the speed parts) that I can afford (261 with extra stroke sounds like the ticket). We have a small case 700R4 and all the HD stuff to go in it already. I have 2 8" Fords and 1 8.8 Ford that might work for open drive (I'll have to measure somehow) I haven't gotten the other projects I have far enough along that I can even consider getting the car now, but I have always tried to gather parts ahead of time, I always figured it cost less that way (cause then you aren't in a hurry).
