Something different to build

Why not? Good looking cars that could use some `merican muscle under the bonnet.
You seem excited about it so do it.
Put a sbc in a 65 Mercedes 230sl in around 1990.
It was a $1500 crate motor.
Woke that car right up.
Owner, now about 80, is still driving it.
Engine from gm was less $ than pistons rings and bearings for the original six cyl. so it wasn't a tough choice.