Thought about all that stuff Jim, matter of fact it's the main reason I agreed to take the car in the first place. Had a gasser the first time around....I was a kid and hung out as the "shop boy" with all the local racers, who helped me put it together. I bought a blown up '56 Ford 2dr. sedan. One guy gave me a CAE (remember them?) straight axle and helped me install it right for taking care of his mom's yard all summer and shoveling snow in the winter. The guy who owned the gas station I worked at advanced me the money on my wages to buy a 406 tri-power and 4 speed out of the junkyard ($600.00, paid him back $50.00 a payday), my Dad, Lyle, and I did the rest of the work. Sat about 4" higher then stock, no front brakes (spindle mount wheels), and ran like Jack the Bear---this was in '65.....It was a great car for a 15 year old kid!!!!

For this car there's just not enough nostalgia racing around here to build it as an all out racer, and I'm old enough to like a lot of the "comfort things" in a cruiser, A/C, good seats, power windows etc.... So for me as a gasser style car it'd end up just sitting in the garage neglected til somebody came along with a big check book that wanted it more then me.

Done up with an LS engine w/EFI, 6 speed, loaded with options, lowered a bit from stock with a few custom touches, some sort of trick IFS, 2 tone paint and a set of grey centered Torq Thrust wheels it would be a very usable car for me! Lots of good power around town, and that long winded double OD tranny for down the highway!!!! Also had an acquaintance of mine, self proclaimed "expert" on how a car should be built and told me about all the things the car had to have to be "correct" as an old gasser..... I don't want to build a car to those standards again, nor would I want to put up with all the "could of, should of, would of" crap if I put all MY touches on it as a gasser. Think I'll be happier with it looking stock from the outside with good suspension, brakes, and horsepower along with the AC, power windows, power locks, power steering and brakes, keyless entry, etc, etc, etc. Then the gasser guys will leave me alone, the resto-freaks will continue to hate me, and as always I'll have a car built to no one's standards but my own and not fitting in anyone's catagory!!!!!

However, nothing is set in stone yet.... Everything I'm doing to the car now is stuff I would do no matter how it was built... I dunno, maybe I should get the body put back together and set back on the frame and just sell the dang thing.... Who knows what's right??? I know I would never build it as a "period correct" gasser, so maybe I should just sell it to someone who will----but then all you get for potential buyers is tire kickers or people who want to steal it!!!!!