Originally Posted by aggie jon
Nice. Been thinking about doing a swap like this on a parts truck. I love the old 216's, which is why i'm building my current one with the original motor. But I have enough spare parts to build another and thinking that LS seems to be just right. of course, I think I would stick the tranny that came with the engine. just to keep everything uniform.

I just liked the stock trans because i love the old column shift because it really feels like goin back in time.