Factory Restore or Restomod?

[Blue77]

Originally Posted by Dark Knight

You could make it LOOK stock, 429CJ logo's and decals, but put a stroked 460 in it.. 500+ cubes.. engine would LOOK the same :-)

I have a 351C bored 30 over, but it is hard to get much more out of the engine when you don't upgrade the things you CAN see (could really use a better/more modern carb if you are going to go for real HP, then you need to upgrade the C6 tranny, then you want to redo the rear end; as soon as you do that you really want to upgrade suspension, etc)... but if I go restomod then I will be TRYING to make it look as 'stock' as possible (anything you can't see will be fair game, and this is NOT a daily driver (god who can afford the gas for a bigblock anymore?))

As for the interior, whats the prob? You can get door panels, arm rests etc for it from the repro places... not cheap, but they make them. Same with dash pads and carpet..

Problem is that it is a '73 Mach I whose interrior is COMPLETELY different than any other year/model. My car's interrior is trashed so they couldn't really use that as a pattern, and I've NEVER seen a 73 Mach I with a good stock interrior (or stock looking, I don't mind upgrading materials, as long as they LOOk the same)