What cool car to drop an old-school SBC into?

I'll just leave this here.

https://grassrootsmotorsports.com/forum/201x-classifieds/bmw-e24-635csi/120556/page1/

Quoted from the hotlink thread, just for inspiration:

914Driver wrote:

In reply to wheels777:

That is quite a list!

BTW, do not google search assylum. I thought it was a clever misspelling but another industry has predictably gotten to it first.

Corvairs are interesting. How tough a fit is that?

1988RedT2 wrote: Corvairs are interesting. How tough a fit is that?

Get the middie conversion, and it's even better. They drive rather nice.

I've always liked the 327 and consider them to be one of the few 1st gen small blocks worth swapping over an LS. Mostly just because they're cool.

With that out of the way:

c3 corvette should be up there on the list

'73-'77 GM A-body (if they're affordable in your area. They are not in mine.)

'78-'79 Cutlass or Regal

'67-'72 c10 (prices vary wildly for these though. Again, might be geography specific)

As you can see, I think that old school small blocks belong in old school GMs.

oh, I think Corvair wins the prize. Even better for a mid-mount. They're smaller, classic, and fairly cheap to acquire.

In reply to 1988RedT2:

Maserati BiTurbo

Surprised no one has mentioned the P-body. Small blocks aren't hard to squeeze in there and plenty of conversion kits are available.

wheels777 wrote:

dculberson wrote: In reply to wheels777: That is quite a list! BTW, do not google search assylum. I thought it was a clever misspelling but another industry has predictably gotten to it first.

Sorry, that is an affectionate way of referring to the barn out behind the house.

Which could also be used to describe what you find with that google search.

I vote El Camino, but I'm biased :)

When I was 14, dad and I started working on a '72. It became my first and only car until I was 20. No matter what you do, working on a car project together at that age will create some valuable memories and life lessons.

alfadriver wrote:

1988RedT2 wrote: Corvairs are interesting. How tough a fit is that?

Get the middie conversion, and it's even better. They drive rather nice.

Agreed. This one runs over 200MPH:

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SBC, with a Mendeola transaxle, last I heard.

What is the plan for the car once it's done? Are there any automotive needs in household?(like do you need a pickup truck or a 9 passenger vehicle) V8 jeeps are fun but after driving them I would never put a 16yo in one, they are dangerous. I always wanted an 80s 4x4 suburban on a small lift. 3rd gen fbody would be fun and not difficult. 60s cars can still be had for cheap....if you don't mind four doors.

Put a 283 crank in the 327 and end up with a high revving 302, put in a 914 for an 8k rpm screamer mid engine toy.

But my idea was originally to mount one in a slightly stretched nose VW Ghia, with radiused fenders and the rear transaxle out of a 944 using the 944 SBC swap kit (bellhouseing to match the one in the 944).

Again, an 8k rpm screamer in a unique body like this Pshop I did:

What about a K5 Blazer or Jimmy?

Plenty of years to pick from:

Or newer with a lower buy in:

Removable hardtop, manual, seats 5

78 Buick Regal for $600 no motor in K Town

http://knoxville.craigslist.org/cto/5706868559.html

92 RWD GMC Safari. Oh wait, that's me.

I like the Camino suggestions.

Or Vega wagon. Better still make it look like a Cossie.

Vega wagon?

BAM! http://asheville.craigslist.org/cto/5727235118.html

I`m in love with Buick Riviera 1971

My vote goes to a Bravada. I always wanted to make a V8 version of a scyty. Id even take it with a lazy tbi 350.

So, did it happen?

Just a comment on those suggesting a Jaguar.  The worst part of the Jaguar is the wiring, followed closely by the HVAC .   Both of which are massively complex and frustrating. 
   So yeh if you want unreliable car with no heat in the winter or A/C in the summer it will fit in. 

Make a DeKon Monza replica.  I think Monzas are still fairly cheap if you can find one and the DeKons were some of the best looking IMSA cars in history.  I had a V8 Monza back in the day.  GM built in so much lightness (channeling my inner Colin here) that they were fun even with the most pedestrian small block.  Add a juiced up 327 and watch out!

In reply to A 401 CJ :

Be careful, the Dekon Monza is basically a tube frame car with a Monza skin.  
    I owned a early Monza V8 and just normal mildly spirited   driving had those little brakes ( 13 wheels ) fading.  Great nimble driving and it would be easy to replicate those flares to fit  the 15" wheels.