318 vs. Slant value

You just described my car. The guy that had it before me had a original 73 340 Duster, it was rough and rusty, he found a 71 6cyl. Demon with a good body and changed everything from the duster, k frame with sway bar, 340, 727 and 8 1/4 sure grip and rear springs and torsion bars, bucket seats, now I'm in the process of finishing up the "tribute" with console, floor shifter, scoops and wing. I know it will never be worth as much as a H code car but I think it will be equal in value if it were a 318. I'd personally take a good body 6 cly. over a rougher 318 car in a heartbeat.