"........ I am still seeing increasing interest in '60s styles....."

I'm seeing a little bit of the same stuff Jay, It will be interesting to see if the economy stays strong enough that the trend actually takes off or as Dave thinks, that it will shrink back to the core group of people that have always been into the hobby no matter what the trends are.

Oh and Jay…….do you have a volume control for that shirt (kind of hard on the old eyes first thing in the morning)

As far as not buying parts at all, I generally settle on the plan and then start collecting parts.......very seldom are major changes made along the way. More often than not my projects revolve around the engine and transmission first and it's the body that will change depending on what I can find.

Basically I've had the Caddy engines around for several years now knowing that I want to stuff at least one of them into something one day. The El Camino I picked up appeals to me so that's the direction it will probably go.

I have decided to go ahead and order the "universal" mount kit......it is what I will need for the G Body swap and can be used on something else should I decide to change bodys before I start spinning wrenches on the project..