Im buying a 1979 z28 from my step dad. He bought it from original owner and its been garage kept its whole life. car has zero rust on it. the car is an automatic but my step dad bought everything needed to switch it to a 4 speed manual. the trans, linkage, pedals everything! if I want all the parts to swap from auto to manuel then he will throw in all the parts but for a lil more money of course. im wondering if I should buy just car and keep it an auto or pay lil more and swap it to a manual. only reason im against changing it is bc car has all original parts/ matching numbers. but I can always keep the trans incase I sell car one day and buyer wants original trans. im new to the muscle car world and looking to get into it. just curious what some of you guys with more experience in this car world would do. my next thread once I decide weather to swap trans or not is gonna be about recommendations on things to do to engine to make more hp. this car was part of the smog era so its not got the hp I want. think it has 175hp. id love to have more around the 350hp area. basically double the current hp.