Thanks for the advice from everyone so far. Finally saw a panel at the local Saturday cruise in and my wife got to see what one looks like in god looking condition. we drove off with her telling me that she's a little more excited about the project now! so, that's a plus.
Safety first is right... before it can go, I want to make sure it can stop so full brake rebuild first including new lines front to back.
Rolling it out on the lawn was an important lesson in lack of stopping power as my wife and I were barely able to stop it at the tree lawn. A few more feet and it would have ended up sideways blocking the street.
Motor looks like a 235 replacement but no real idea what motor it is. The water pump mounts only to the block, not the block and the head and has bolts all the way around the valve cover.
Looks like they had to move the original radiator to the front of the radiator support channel and cut the hood latch over to make room for the top of the radiator so I can only assume that the replacement motor was longer than the original.
