I hope you have some fun with that thing. My 55 is sitting in the barn mostly, accumulating the right pieces to soon tear it all apart and do it my way. A former drag car, it sat in a barn for 30 yrs, got fixed up, sat again for a few years til I rescued it. (The previous owners were idiots!) The 350 in it is an '89 (I'm told) so the manifold and carb should fit your beater. Let me know when. Bring the camera. We'll take it off together.