Dave, I appreciate the offer, but if I give up on the FE and Fairlane, what will my wife do with all that extra money? I don't want her to have problems with her feet from all that shopping.

If I could go back 20 years when this project began and could find great resources like this forum and people like Barry and Jay, I would have just gone to Barry and had him build me an FE. Since I have already lost one lifes fortune and have been working on the second I figure I should try and do it right. Of course my project keeps evolving and more cost is being added. I am at least getting smarter and talking to the experts before completing the project.
This engine will go in a car similar to the one that I remember begging my dad to take me in when I was young and now my 3 yr old son does the same. I still have the original car, but I am placing this one in an original 289 car because the body requires so much less work than my dad's. Unfortunately the first 390 I rebuilt when I was 14 had a lifter come apart and ruined the new cam and block. I guess my dad felt bad for me and bought me a overhaul kit for Christmas so I found a jasper rebuild out of a truck that I ended up starting from and it required .060 over bore for clean up. I still run this engine in my dads fairlane to keep it functional. This is the base for my new build and now with modern technology and the help of builders who understand the FE, I hope to give my fairlane new life. I have been amazed at how many people that rode in my Dad's 2V 390 fairlane purchased their own because it ran so well. If only my dad and his brother could have talked my Grandpa into a 427 car!!!