yeah, My SD is too far gone for rust to be repaired within any budget or time frame, and there's a pair of 450's at an auction market here, $1500 each. I know the guy so I'm sure if I show up with ten $100 bills his eyes will light up.....hehe money talks.

i'm not sure about the lengths tho...this isn't a 6.9 car.
the other cool thing is this car has the euro headlights, whereas my SD has the federalized Quad "death beam" lamps...
I figure I'd buy the 450 and park the 300 for a while, then when I get the time gut the 300 and re-seal the engine and transmission and paint it and make it looka ll new and then at a later date, probably summer when I can ride my bike to work and back, do the swap.
so eventually, i'm going to have a HUGE list of 116 parts for sale in the forum as well as the engine/trans from the 450...is there much demand for those engines?

It's gonna be a wild ride... never know, I might like the 450 gasser so much i may keep it that way, we'll see, but I'm bent on economy so I doubt it.

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