Well guys I know I have not had any updates here in a while. I've been very busy with my new shop and business and no time to come online. I have been working steadily on the car and finally got the engine done!!! I will post some pictures in a little bit or tomorrow but either way I am very proud and happy with the engine! I ended up stripping the engine compartment and painting it semi gloss black. It's cleaner in my opinion and more simple to keep clean. I got rid of the piano hinge hood setup and went with original and very nice 49 hinges. This turned into a HUGE project that took almost a week to fix and ended up having to change the 51 hood brace in the rear and find a decent enough 49 brace to weld in it's place. We also braced it up some because these hoods in their stock form are flimsy and have lots of play. It took having to repaint the whole front end and some shaping work to the hood to match the cowl a bit better and fix the fender to hood gaps which before were huge and WAY off.
On the engine I went with a flat tappet Isky cam. I can't remember the specs off the top of my head right now but will post them later but it's based off a circle track type cam with lower lift and 107 centerline for a nice sounding idle.
Transmission is out of a 87 Monte Carlo SS and is the 200-4R. I know most people hate these trans but some love them for their gear ratio, size and weight and from my research, the best ones to get are from an 86-87 Monte SS or a Grand National so I lucked out on this one. It's got almost 80,000 miles on it but for now I will throw in new main seals, filter and new fluid and let it go because it shifts great still.
The car should be done now in another week and then will be coming back to my shop for exhaust, Genie shifter, power window kit and a few other things. I also decided to go with a stock 50 Ford bench seat and later will look for 64 or 67 Thunderbird (Thunder chicken) buckets to match the 67 wrap around rear seat.