65 Barracuda, Sinful installation.

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There aren't many cars with a Chevy engine that I will take a second look at (that includes Chevies). I like late model engines swapped into the same make car. My son and I did a 5.0/T5 in a '65 Mustang and kept all the injection and late model speed parts. We also did an all-stock '96 5.2 Magnum into an '84 Ramcharger.
 
A Chevy swap would be great for straight line performance only. I say this because I can't think of any Chevy header/manifold that would allow you to have a steering gearbox in an early A body. Sometimes an engine swap isn't popular because nobody thought of it before (unlikely in a 50 year old car). Other times it's not popular because it's more hassle than it's worth. Better wheels to reinvent.
 
I don't give a rat's patoot what engine is in a car as long as it looks cool and is reliable. I'm in my seventies and nowadays I like calm driving cars that are straight and smooth. My slant-powered '66 Dart GT hardtop is a pleasure and a hoot to drive. No V-8 in that car--at least not yet. I've been sitting on a Mopar 360 for a couple years and just recently installed it in my 1955 Studebaker Coupe. Most of the Studebaker guys are fine with it. Some of the really older guys are kinda sticky about it and that's OK. One friend has a '54 Studebaker 2dr wagon with a 318. Cool. My Studebaker has a 904 and 8.25 with 3.21 gears. Looking forward to driving that baby. When looking for a project for that 360, I looked at early A-bodies, Chevys, some Fords and even AMC cars. Install whatcha got. I like all the domestic cars and respect all small blocks. Well, probably would not use a Chevelle.

Oh, I forgot about the '84 Jaguar XJ6 sedan that I installed a TPI 350 Chevy with a 700R4.

Jerry in Denver
 
My cars won't have cross breeding. But if it's not my car, it's not my choice. My Chevelle has a small block, going to big block. My '65 Barracuda is a slant 6 going to a (Mopar) big block. If I had a Toyota it would be Toyota powered. But a good friend put a Mopar 400 in his '55 chevy. He was thrown out (literally) of Super Chevy because of it. He's always been a user of what he had including making an intake and header for his flat six Mopar 50s Fury. For him it was normal to use what you had.
Different strokes - like RRR said - at least the car is being saved.
 
Walking through a car show my wife always hears me mutter SBC as I turn away from most of the cars there. When she asked what that meant, I replied "Same Boring Crap".
 
circlepilot said:
Wow! Great responses, I figured along the same lines as most of the comments..."reflecting purity." The subject came up in a conversation with a friend, discussing my on-going restoration of my 65 Barracuda. I have two of them. The one being currently restored, (a 225 automatic) I'm trying to keep original "bumper to bumper." My other 65, (273 2B 3speed) I had ideas to "hot rod" it. That is when the small block Chevy subject came up. It was known that I still have an engine in storage (out of my circle track car) and why didn't I consider using it? My answer was about the same..."A Chevy powered Barracuda?" It seemed to me, to be a "sinful installation." Again...thanks for the replies and dedication.
Norm
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Build the 273...Back in the day I had a 273 that whipped up on a lot of small block Chevies
 
this ate no chebby here boys , and it was 426 now 472 needed a bit more power , lol .
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Why is everybody looking at the car all bug-eyed? And where does that yellow beast go to play?
 
those pics were taken at a local car show in santa clara calif . and its a street player .
 
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