Stick with the 351w based IMO. Both mine and my wifes stroked small blocks will walk all over my big block car and have good street manners. 385 series (429-460s) are the heaviest production Ford engine. My 71 fells very front heavy, and not much ground or engine to strut tower clearance with...
Stanginthe11s has twisted wedge heads for $800 or BO. Very good deal if they're in good shape and will be much better than the gt40's. Sell the GT40 intake (don't waste money porting it) and get a Trick flow track heat (yes,it will be good for a DD) and a 75mm TB, 19 lbs with adjustable reg , or...
$200 for all seats, will not seperate seats. I used door panels and console on another car I picked up. The rest is up for sale in piece by piece, LMK what you need.
My Wife's car is a 331 with roller 540 lift cam with perfomer heads and runs consistant 12.00s with an occasional 11.90 in a 2950 car with driver c4 3500 stall and 3.73s w/ 26 tall tire. Soon to be replaced with 347 with 195 Canfields and 608 lift CI camshaft.
I just snapped some pics, I'll gat them up tonight or I can e-mail them to you. Sorry it's taking so long, my engine's going on the dyno and I've been thrashing to get it done. These tail lights are in VERY good condition.