JimmyL,

Thanks for the advice, this is exactly the info I was looking for.

Rebuild it is.

My sense was "frankensteining it" with another car might compromise it a little but wasn't sure.

I believe the color of this car is "Champagne" basically a light brown with maroon interior and trim. Looks good.

I bought off the second owner here in Austin who was moving out of state.

She posted it over labor day weekend so I didn't have a chance to take to a shop for a through pre-purchase inspection but for what she was asking it was worth taking a risk. Obviously, I got hit kinda hard with the tranny, but hey, it was a risk.

At first I was going to sell the car and start looking again but the more research I've done, the more excited I get about this car as everybody seems to think it's pretty unique.

As for the one you drove, are you talking about the one that Durango motors was selling on ebay? I saw that one when I first started looking earlier this year and seem to remember seeing that car referenced in a few posts here. Small world.

Thanks again.