New cars VS old

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@Johawk

I had a more recent dream of restoring an old 61-62 bubble top GM like an Impala, LeSabre, Delta 88, ect, into a touring machine. People tell me it is a terrible idea cause of how big and heavy these old cars are…
Using the buick as an example, I figure I remove a Iron head and block Nail Head 401 with its iron case power glide or TH400 and replace that with a 6L80 and a 6.2L L92 then the car will weigh the same as my 4th gen F-body with an auto and have another 100hp before a cam, headers, or other mods.
The suspension, interior, and audio will probably make up some of that weight but all things considered the older cars do not have as much going on as new cars do.

Maybe it’s just me, and the fact I LOVE old school american steel. But how could you take out the Nailhead!?!?! It is one of the coolest motor’s ever. Right up there with the Hemi’s (original stuff, not the new Polysphere shit) and Flatheads.