I rebuilt a 350 engine for it but later a friend offered up his old 383. I ran across an up and coming transmission vendor selling TKO 5 Speeds at the Pomona Swap Meet. Jeff and I spoke for a while and a deal was done for a TKO 500.
I also swapped out the rear for a 69 Nova posi I found in the Recycler. Looked at some information about brake swaps and put rear discs in from a Caddy.
At the same time I was doing the interior which was nothing special except for adding some vintage air to get rid of the old bulky AC unit. Some new carpet, panels, paint and cheap racing seats and I called it good.
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