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I would say a major aspect of your decision process comes down to money.

So for example, you have two choices on the interior: a) Keep it stock with freshening up, or b) do a custom interior. If money is a factor (and you are sending this out to a shop to do it) then I suspect "a)" would be the best choice.

Same with the engine - your engine on the punch list soulds like a "dream engine" (fuel injection, stroker, bundle of snakes exhaust, oil cooler). Again, if cost is a concern, then maybe there are more affordable options. (I just saw a used, built highperformance 351C in Apache Junction for $1500).

I am in the process of building an engine now, I am trying to do as much as I can (with the help of friends, and the resources on this board), and is still pretty expensive. In my opinion, the motor you describe (built by someone) else is in the 12-15K range.

Anyway - good luck with your planning.

The other thing I have seen (at work, not on a project like this, but I think it applies) - that delivering a load of "unsorted" parts to someone else for you build will raise the cost significantly. You will be paying them (at shop rates) to arrange, sort, and clean, and in some cases, they may recommend it may be just as cheap to get a new one (when you ahve a servicable part) to save the labor on refurbishment.

Rocky

PS> What you really need is input from the couple of guys that have built cars in the last year, the Slick'em guy, Augustaboy, and there was another guy who built a car that the owner wanted to maintain it as very stock (snaponbob) to weigh in on this. Those guys could really help with giving you a "baseline", as well as make very good suggestions as regarding a project like yours.