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I did get the cage done and the car is home again which is good. Here are some pics of it in progress. The first pic is of the guy who built it.
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I can't find my pics of the completed cage, but you get the general idea of it.

I think I mentioned that I planned of building an AMC 401 for this car. I was at a friend's house in December and we were talking about an engine for this thing. He convinced me to go Chevy power because it would be a lot cheaper and right now, cheaper sounded better. He gave me a 350 block with 4 bolt main, intake, carp, distributor, starter, and some other things that I cannot think of right now. I bought the heads from him and then we ordered the rest. This is a 383 stroker with around 400 hp. This is the smallest 383 stroker he has ever built, but we built it with gas mileage in mind since I plan on driving it on a daily basis. And with 400 hp, I will still be able to have some fun. The motor isn't quite done in this first pic, but it is getting there.
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The motor is complete and sitting in the garage waiting to be installed.
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In preparation of installing the motor, I cut out the old tranny mounts which would have been in the way for the most part. There would have been about an inch of clearance with the 700r4 tranny that I will be using so just made it a lot easier to install.
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