[Detroit Bill]

It is your car, you can do whatever you want with it. When I decided I wanted a Cobra I did quite a bit of research. I looked at used because that is a good way to go if it works for you. There are lots of low mileage cars out there.

In my youth I had a BB Chevy. My friends had Chevy's I guess that makes me a Chevy guy. I understand them, I have worked on them, I know there are lots of parts out there.

If there was an ad with the word Chevy in it I wouldn't read it. I was not digging small block Fords either. It had to be an FE. I was looking for a 427 SC Cobra. The engine defines the car. This is not to say I am going nuts trying to keep it original in every detail but the Engine is the foundation.

A 427 Corvette better have a 427 Chevy in it for me.
A SS 350 Camaro better have a 350 in it.
A 427 SC Cobra should have a 427.

You can certainly do what you want. This argument has been made over and over again to boredom. But for me in this case the engine defines the car.