Major Ledfoot thanks for letting me know about the trim piece, its a little damaged but its still usable.
Makes sense the pushrod engine would rev louder, i just have little interest in owning another automatic, possibly with the different diff ratio on the automatic cars + some larger diameter tires it would be better at highway speeds? obviously compromising low speed drivability. That or i just make it a city car, so high speed rpm isn't a problem. The AW71 conversion sounds like an interesting idea, although, again, i don't have much interest in owning another auto.
Maybe once its repaired i will list it for sale, I'll probably loose money on it, but it was too nice of a car to let it go at auction, and its too nice a car to part out.
