I'm not trying to make it into a hot rod. If I wanted to do that I would have just looked for a 65 frame to put the unibody onto, then go crazy with a 502 or something. Not that I might not do that down the road with another project. But stock isn't going to get me around very well. I want to at least be able to get it to Austin (about an hour) or Dallas (3 or so hours) which is 70 mph interstate for the most part. Plus, the part of Texas I live in makes it so that my daily driving is mostly highway. I don't know if the highway driving issues I've read about are really transmission issues or just the 223 not putting out enough, which isn't hard to fix.

More or less, I'm just going for drivability upgrades that will keep it looking mostly stock for the vintage look. I was just hoping to get feedback on some of the products I've found to see if I should go with them or keep searching.