Looks great, you have to watch out for those "while I have this far".
Very abbreviated "while I have it this far". ( from about 1979 )
My friend Tony GF wrinkled the front end of his red 66 Malibu. It was a stone stock, very anemic 283 4 speed car.
Another friend blew up the engine in a green 67 Chevelle. Tony bought the 67 and the plan was to put the engine and trans from the red car into the green car.
The red engine's exhaust manifolds looked small so pulled the intake. They were small too. Might as well look at the heads. Smallest valves I've ever seen on a small block.
long story short, he ended up with a high compression ( actual 12.5-1 comp) 350 small block putting out over 425 hp , cam was rated for 3800 -6800 rpm, 2.02 angle plug heads, ported ,polished, CC'd that would pass everything but a gas station. Had to run Sunoco 260 plus octane booster and got about 3 mpg.