60 Front end swop or no?

[72bigred]

I recently picked up one heck of a nice project that was started and gave up on, I have battled myself as to go back to orig or not. After reading about some of the neat mods people have done and the fact that the orig 6cyl/3speed are gone I figure why not make it comfortable to drive. Motor wise 283/400th is what I have settled on, power steering update, Tilt column, drop it 2.5 and 4. I get stuck on the front end.. I have read alot about the front end swop out of the late 70s and getting rid of the orig suspension.. On the other hand I keep going over in my head why not just put a nice set of drop spindles on the front and keep the 6 lug and move forward.

I would like some advice from those that have done the swop vs those that have chosen to stay with the torsion bar set up. I am new to the early 60's and want to know what benifits I will be getting from the swop. One of my concerns is of course parts, if I swop of course they become easy to get vs staying with orig. I know I must go disc but other than that what am I really getting if I do the swop. One of my concerns is petty but I am a neat freak and since the cross member differs motor mounts will have to be fabbed ( I believe the cross member is higher based on looks, havent actually measured.) I dont know if what I have seen has just been bad work but most of them appear to be hack jobs. Any and all opinions/experiences are greatly appreciated. Possibly a pic or two, maybe a pic of a decent mount set up might inspire me more to do the swop.. Just up in the air at this point.

Thanks again.

BigRed