Cassi's original build featured a slant 6, but when she came back to me I decided (in my typical insane fashion) to remotor'er with something no one else'd done yet. I came up with the idea for a slant 8 after getting a Buick straight 8 in a parts swap.
The rest, as "they" say, will be recorded here ........In that the only slush pump I like is the push button 904, and due to a loss of foot room thanks to the Buick's length I opted for two pedals, and so mated a pb904 to the '40 Buick 248 I'd gotten. I turned a flex plate adapter easily enough, but the bell adapter had to be 1.5" thick. So I bought a piece of plate, and had at it with my O/A set, grinders, drill press, and a few hand files. Four days later I bolted it all up for its initial assembling. Only took a couple hours to finesse it in, and top it off with a mini starter.
This drive train required substantial changes to the tunnel, which I then set about. I also added a couple useful access hatches to it, for the trans adjustments and the rear trans mount and forward U-joint. At eleven pieces, it turned out to be the most pieces I've ever put into a tunnel. Still needs some finishing around the firewall.
The rest of the fitting in was fairly "straight" (
) forward, with the exception of a unique motor mount being needed off the top of the trans adapter plate, at the firewall. The gas pedal had to go from a floor pivot style to a hanging spoon as well. Carbs will be four 1.250" SUs that I'm cannibalizing from a set of six from another parts swap. The manifold plates I bought online, and the carb plates I cobbled. The tubes're just some EMT I had on hand, and the balance pipes're just hose (obviously
).That's where she's at for now. This (re)project'll take a while, as I can only spare time to work on'er when the garage is clear of other projects. However, I do manage to get in a day or two a couple times a month, so sooner or later she will hit the street. Steady on, and all that.
Here's the link to her present Flickr set, and a couple pictures for here as well.
It would be a shame to take the Brick apart to make a trailer! 
