Reply to "Something different"

... here's a picture of the engine bay. It's a bit dusty and greasy so it looks nicer when cleaned up.
I wanted the "raw" look, i.e., to keep all the spotwelds and handwelded sheetmetal visible. Remember these first early cars are truely handbuild and fx the inner wheel wells are formed by several pieces that are welded together. Thus, after sandblasting and zink-treatment, we only epoxy primed it and gave it a couple of layer of satin black. All the seem-welds are visible now - you may see some of them in the picture.

I'm trying to keep the original look but combine it with performance updates that won't overpower the fantastic original design. Therefore the original retro-color, powder coated single-slot campy clones - and the 427.
Motor is a NEW winsor stroker dyno'ed at approx 535 HP (I still have the original quench head cleveland). Transmission is the original dash 1 1/2 (I think) with the lower 1-4 gears and high 5th gear (0,705). Transaxle has been gone over, repacked and safety-wiring checked (It may have been wired from the factory). Clutch is a Mcleod diaphram type which rides an aluminum flywheel.

This is truly a nut-and-bolt restoration so every single part is being replaced, rebuilt or updated. The suspension has fx been completely rebuilt incl a NASCAR brake kit from Bobby Byars, heim joints, larger sway bars, all bushings, ball joints and bolts replaced, new billet axles, double roller bearing conversion, new steering rack etc, etc. Only regret is the Aldan double adjustable coil-overs - I may have bought another product had I known better back then, but we'll see how they perform in the future, before I make a decision.

I'm waiting for some parts to update the alloy fuel tank before it goes in - then the motor is next.

Kristian