hey Weeds, let them strangers chew anything they want, it's your truck and your money, they're welcome to build their own and savor the taste of your rear until then
mine will have a 283 as well, and although that's not too 'modified' for a '57, it's just had a 700R4 fitted, and the Toyota heater will be sunk into the double wall behind the non-original driver seat - I'll have regular plates and drive it any day of the year like I always have with any of my old trucks

Bill