Thanks Beater,
The car is a 2 door hardtop and it origanally came with a 259 which someone replaced with a 289 from a '62 Stude of some sort. My worry I guess is to not set the 250 so the oil pan is below the frame, and still have clearance for an air cleaner. All else seems to measure out OK. I don't plan to get rid of the 289, the auto trans or Stude rear, or the 2 extra 259's that came with the car. But I would like to have something I could take road trips in and have parts available if ever needed on said trip...and I would rather have the inline over a Chev SB tho the 350 would be easy. The 289 does have a lot of torque and the car is a blast to drive but the engine is rather tired and I sure worry about the Stude auto trans.
I was hoping someone has already done this swap but if not I guess I can always forge ahead and find out how to do it the hard way.
Regards,
Sam
