I like those year cars. My cousin bought (actually traded a pulling garden tractor for) a '63 Nova wagon last fall. Someone swapped in a 250 for the 194 and it has factory 3.55 gears. It needs the correct seats, as a previous owner installed buckets from a later car and removed the rear seats. But it's a pretty decent car and should make a good cruiser once it's fixed/cleaned up.
As far as feeling slow, the Camaro has been off the road (on a rotisserie) for a while now, so I only have a 3.4L v6 powered minivan and a 2500 Suburban (albeit 8.1L, headers, 4.10's, etc) to compare it to, so, hopefully, it should feel at least as quick as those. lol
