I'm sure this has been asked before, mechanic precautions

Thanks for the awesome replies! Here's some more info:

First, my situation. If you guys saw in my original post I live in an apartment in San Diego, CA. I have no room what-so-ever to do an engine swap. I need to pay someone to do it. it totally sucks, I am confident enough to do it myself, but this is the crossroads that i'm at. Sell the car or engine swap. I do not know anyone willing to do this at their house. Again, this sucks, i'm literally at the crossroads I described above.

The shop's name is Harold's Automotive, it's in La Mesa if you want to google search it.. I have had them do a few minor things since I moved here. They have done a great job. I talked with them several months ago when I needed the reverse band replaced in the transmission about doing engine swaps, and they do them. They have a variety of cars they do that on. That's really all I know.

Thank you for the advice in CA they can't hold your car, that's comforting.

I'm aware of the incidentals that nickel-and-dime. I have most of some of them covered. For instance I have a mini starter and a higher amp alternator currently on the slant6, so those can be swapped over. I will also be purchasing directly the conversion mounts, a distributor, spark plug wires, intake manifold, and carburetor.

As far as the engine, this is a reason why i'm doing a stock rebuild. Keep it simple sort of a thing (with new intake/carb/distributor).

At this current time the engine is still being looked for. The 727 has been found. Once the 360 and 727 have been evaluated we will go from there. I think this would be a great time to get everything in writing. I will post here after this meeting and let everyone know what happened.

I can't thank you guys enough. It's nerve wracking paying someone else to do this kind of work on my car. All the previous work i've done on it myself, before I moved into an apartment.