First Engine Build - Advice Needed

1) If your wife has claws, forget building the car, or prepare for a divorce.
2) Read, read, read before you buy anything.
3) If the 727 was original to the slant six it will not bolt to a 383. However some internals will interchange with a B-engine 727.
4) You cannot buy pistons until the machine shop tells you the condition of the bores.
5) Read, read, read.
6) A weekend cruiser doesn't need to be stroked.
7) Read, read, read.
8) How did they manage to break an intake manifold? Frozen water expansion? Check the engine internals!