Thanks for your comments everyone....
Yeah, it's a bit of a slug but my mate in Black Springs is going to build me a 455 Super Duty for it, so instead of the 185 HP (yeah, same as a 253!) it should have around 450-500 which will stay ahead of most of my local traffic.
"Parts from Detroit"!.... that was funny.... a shame really about that whole misunderstanding but no, there are a lot of places in the USA to buy Trans Am parts from and I actually have an order in at the moment for some of those little bits like Dome light lens, console trim, sunvisors, etc... from a great supplier in New York.
I was going to sell a couple of cars to finance this one but couldn't work out what we could do without so at the moment the shed (carport, mates shed....) are all full. When I get my white van back from the painter I'm going to have a big decision to make! I might have to build another shed....

I hope everyone gets to have what they dreamed of.... It's a great feeling after a lot of tough times throughout my life to finally be in a better position to have a few cool things. It wasn't always like this....

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