Faaaaaannntastic! It really has the California look! It looks like it may have been built in maybe the '60s-'70s and you are the lucky dog to have it now! Real Steel and Kelsey Hayes spokes too. Well the windshield is chopped but in Southern Calif. you may never need a top. I will be interested in what you do if you do put a top on it. It looks lower than mine but I am worried that mine will not be able to get out of my country lane driveway with only 4 1/2" of clearance so I guess you will just have to watch out for raised manhole covers. You are way ahead of the game with a running car. It wouldn't have to be in primer as it looks pretty straight and a solid color could work too without great expense, but of course spray can primer is cheap and easy. Still it looks too good for just primer, why not orange, yellow, red or maroon?

For drg84 I guess it would be unwise to try NOS with the VW Beetle block or the Corvair flat six for that matter since the blocks are mag-alloy.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder