Guess I havent checked into the crate motors enough lately. I have a rebuilt shortblock from a junkyard with a Vortec tope end in my 83 El Camino and it does very well. My 73 is not thast great yet, needs a lot of body work but the interior is nice, just needs carpet and a dash pad. It will be a long time before its finished, doing the mechanical stuff first. Plans are to hop up the engine, make sure the trans will hold up, and maybe swap in a 14 bolt 10.5 full floater rear.
Heres some pictures of it.
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Looks better in pictures, look close at the body in person and it waves at you, lol. Bed is in near perfect shape though.