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It's a little tough for me to stick a rodded Essex or Hudson motor in my old cars. They just don't exist.



In your case, yeah, limited number vehicles are in a specialty class, in which almost anything goes as far as power train. I was talking mainly about the BIG american auto manufactures (the ones that are still around to this day). I am into restomods when it comes to old 30's cars, but if it's a '34 Ford, why not stick with a modern Ford 5.0? If it's an old chev, stick in a readily available smallblock 350? That's the idea. I know there are a lot of people who simply don't care, but the idea of an 'Updated Ford' or 'updated chev' (restomod), keeping the right brand name parts on each vehicle, is what seems to make the most sense.
Guys like Chip Foose seem to be really driving that idea home, and it really works for him.

Hey, I see on your car list you have a diesel Topaz... I have a '90 Tempo. How is that diesel doing? I heard they get great mileage and last a long time. (I got 220,000 on my 2.3 gas job, and it still doesn't use a drop of oil!)
I would like to find a diesel Tempo/Topaz some day (in good shape).