Don't forget it still has 45 MPH brakes unless that is changed too and I'm thinking about his comment of "getting in over my head and $". Sounds like 1953Chevy isn't really ready to undertake all this yet. But he has come to the right place if he decides to go forward. We may have different opinions, just as we all have different expectations but all here will attempt to help.
And that's what I love about the south.