Ok, first things first, I have a sneaking suspicion that the engine may be a 170. The p.o. said it is the original from the car, simply painted truck yellow to match the car.  The header hangs waaaay down and has already seen its share of scrapes. And check out the engine to head crossover hose, short isn't it? Regardless its supposed to have had a healthy rebuild including some sort of m.p. cam in the early nineties. This was a father-son project going on 20 years that was very stalled out when I bought it about a year ago. I'll get the numbers off the block behind the alternator and post them sometime to make sure. Either way;
Here are the plans for my build of the car:
I'm a bodyman/painter by trade, so of course the car will be repainted. I'm gonna do an O.E. white, including the engine bay so as not to look like a cheby.
I'll keep the stripe.
Changing to an earlier bumper (70-71) which along with the front will be shaved and smoother before I spray a coat of Alsachrome.
Hood scoop will be cut down.
BBP disk brake swap and 15" rallyes with correct color and centercaps.
I may rework the grille a little, not sure but at the very least will be freshened up with some paint.
One peice side windows off a later car.
Smaller diameter Steering wheel, maybe a repro Tuff wheel, and tilt column without indicator would be nice.
I'll coat the header if I don't get some clifford shorties( I know... ) or build my own.
The engine will be sprayed Hemi orange, and the valvecover( which I got in trade off my dad's 75 for the chrome one I had) will be wrinkle black. 
I'll probably leave the intake alone except for a cleanup.
I'm thinking of a super six air cleaner with orange stickers and a homemade hood gasket like the old 6bbl fresh air hood cars as the p.o felt it necessary to cut a hole in the hood. You know, for performance. 
New brackets for the throttle return spring etc.
New electric choke and throw that cable in the trash.
Hei mod, lots of wiring to fix....
Of course I would like to do the volvo O.D. I've been discussing over in the trans forum.
Redo those 72 cuda seats I bought to match the center console, which needs a door and some other work to be right.
Get a new dashpad or wrap the whole dash.
Car needs a new trunk pan but otherwise is not very rusty and has very little bondo so I wont have to  .
Wow that's a lot of stuff.. there's probably more i'm not thinking of right now.
Best part is I have to spend this weekend recovering from a neck sprain I got at work so I can't put the trans in or really do anything.
Also as of yesterday my daily driver dakota decided it wanted a new 5speed   So now I have to fix that too.
Oh well one day at a time I suppose.
I know all you slanters will be behind me all the way!
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