Welcome Cp. What part of Washington are you from? I spent 2 years in Spokalu playing Air Force back in 69-70. Deer Park drag strip & the abandon free way just West of the state line. We raced their more often than the drag strip until the state or country dumped many truck loads of fill on that patch of 4 (or was it 2) lane heaven. Apparently the engineers made a mistake during construction of I-90 & just left it for the weeds. Anyway, nice automobile ya have their & I like the silver. I may be bias. If ya do put a SBC in it consider my under drive pulleys, as they make HP with no noise or rough idle. But if I was just starting I'd have to consider a Ls engine, all aluminum of course. Always remember weight on the nose is NOT your friend. Good luck Ole' Bob.