Quote Originally Posted by HOTRODPAINT
I like Mikes outline. I switched to a 235 in my first car....a '53 2-door, and it was hard to keep up with traffic. I have not heard of one person happy with the 6 cylinder powertrain, and the value of the car will be much less with the six.
The Powerglides are sluggish, the 3 speed manuals are a lot better, added with the 3.55 rear end from a Powerglide car, they can be nice cruisers, a floor shifter could easilly be fitted, if 1 dosn't like a colum shift. '49-'52's run around 20k-30k 6cyl or V8 swap, if there done nice, they'll sell for that ither way.