Deuce - I did research these items prior to asking everyone's opinion. As I'm still learning I don't trust myself enough yet and two or more heads are always better than one. Actually, I came to pretty much the same conclusions as you and the other kind folks have mentioned - so I'm making progress. Anyway, didn't know about the cooling problem (thanks). So, my question - I don't plan on covering the engine and I do plan on driving it often and I don't want to be afraid to travel a couple hundred miles at a time on rare occaisions - do you think cooling will be a concern under those circumstances?

Also, let me shift gears, so to speak, and ask this (anyone please chime in). I like manual transmissions. Assuming I'm not worried about resale value and like shifting, are there any reasons not to have a floor shifted manual transmission in a deuce coupe?