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jim2f · 03-02-2009, 01:14 PM

I agreee with BMX, replace your floors first. Once you start stiffening the chassis it will make replacing the floorpans a little more diffucult. Diffucult =time Time=$$$$ when somebody else is doing the work.

You say you are building this car to enjoy...are you planning on rebuilding the suspension to stock or do you plan up making some changes. Remember, you can rebuild your stock suspension but you will have brand new 1968 technology. You can drop a ton of money on suspension mods but shop around and you can find some decent kits that dont cost much more than stock parts.

other than brakes the biggest difference in handling will be upgrading to a rack and pinion setup. Either power or manual will make a huge difference in how well you can feel the road. I prefer manual racks.

As far as brakes go I would go 4 wheel disc, but if your budget gets away from you do the front first. With traffic today it is a major safety concern to be driving around with drum brakes, not to mention you dont want to smash up that fresh body work.

Good luck and dont be shy about posting questions.

03-02-2009, 01:14 PM	#10
jim2f 65 coupe Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: missouri Posts: 11	Re: Engine Switch vs. Value I agreee with BMX, replace your floors first. Once you start stiffening the chassis it will make replacing the floorpans a little more diffucult. Diffucult =time Time=$$$$ when somebody else is doing the work. You say you are building this car to enjoy...are you planning on rebuilding the suspension to stock or do you plan up making some changes. Remember, you can rebuild your stock suspension but you will have brand new 1968 technology. You can drop a ton of money on suspension mods but shop around and you can find some decent kits that dont cost much more than stock parts. other than brakes the biggest difference in handling will be upgrading to a rack and pinion setup. Either power or manual will make a huge difference in how well you can feel the road. I prefer manual racks. As far as brakes go I would go 4 wheel disc, but if your budget gets away from you do the front first. With traffic today it is a major safety concern to be driving around with drum brakes, not to mention you dont want to smash up that fresh body work. Good luck and dont be shy about posting questions.