[Ron61]

If you want the more original look then the 4 speed is the way to go. But if you plan to just drive it and enjoy it, I would go with the 5 speed and a .8 split between 4th and 5th which will kink your effective gear ratio up and help with the cruising. As for read end gears, unless you plan to drag race it seriously I wouldn't go below 3:90s and I have 3:56 in my Coupe with the .8 split and they work very well on the road race track and also on the road. My 69 has 3:91s which was the highest I could order in it and they are a little lower than I like for driving around. But my other choices were 4:10, 4:56 and into the 5:50 range.

Ron