Pandering to Judge Phil on this one... (Page 1 of 3)

We can talk at Gingerman...assuming you are coming.

The stock suspension is complete (less those front shocks we have no intention of using anyway) but an extra set of front spindles would have been nice.

Mostly I am trying to figure out what car in our arensal needs the "Super De Luxe" badges.

Basket case used to mean the motorcycle (or car) came mostly in multiple bushel baskets...that is an accurate description of the mechanicals.  Interior is near mint but I would bet we are not going to get much for it since about 2 million of these things were sold.

What it gets re-powered with is up for debate, assuming we do something really stupid like supercharge the flatty, it is not question of if...just when.  The fully dressed motor is about 450#'s, makes 85-95 hp and about 170 lb ft of torque at 1200 RPMS.  There are significant packaging challenges due to the steering box location and the narrowness of the front of the engine bay.  I would like to do something along the lines of modern'ish straight 6 (jeep 4.0, pre-Vanos BMW, Ford 300) but I think almost all the team wants to do a small block V8 (one is insisting we find a way to wedge in a big block).  The car is not really that heavy so even doubling the horsepower would make it very, very quick.

There is a flathead upgrade path where you can end up with about 115 hp, 200+ lb ft of torque and only about 15#'s added weight but I doubt that will appease the general need for speed long term...and it is not cheap.

You need to 2JZ swap it! Then easy turbo upgrade path from there. OK, maybe "need" isn't the right word, but ..

Door panels are a no-brainer...you are welcome to them.  Glass and regulators have to be discussed with the co-owner as we actually plan to street drive it pretty often.

Temporarily we will likely install the spare U-van seats with integrated belts in the rear and my spare Volvo 940 seats in the front. if we can figure out seat belts.  As soon as we have a second racing seat we can install that for the driver.

I have the rear glass and the quarter glass, and am planning on having the rest of the glass custom-made, since they're all flat pieces and that won't be too expensive.

I have the radio from mine, and maybe it even works (though that's unlikely after 48 years sitting outside at 6,000 feet with no glass in the car). You can have it if you want vintage tunes.

Needs a "modern" straight 5

FTFY

As mopar product, needs a 1st gen Hemi, perferably an oddball size like a 331 or 345.  S/F....Ken M

Chevy Colorado straight five with AR-5  transmission would likely fit with perhaps some trans tunnel massaging.

Diamond Star Motors time. 4g63 and fwd would be hilarious.

There is nothing in this world that could make me do this...I can think of little that would be less reliable unless it is a Simca in the hands of Soggy as team captain.