I wasn't planning on spending any money on my cars for awhile, but I just couldn't help myself. Guess I need to stay away from Craig's List. Actually I was looking for an 8-3/4 rear end for my Barracuda and saw an ad for a Slant Six out of a 1970 Dodge pickup. No big deal - but it came with a 4 speed. One of the cars I'd like to build eventually is a replica of Scott Harvey's 64 Valiant with a Hyper Pack. SInce Mopar in their infinite wisdom used a different bell housing for each family of engine, you can't just grab a small block bell housing and bolt it to the back of a Slant Six. SInce the Slant Six wasn't popular as a performance engine, it's fairly rare to find one backed by a manual transmission (at least I've found that to be the case). So when I saw the Slant Six/4 spped combo, well I just had to have it. In a way it makes my life a little easier. I've been having trouble deciding on a project car to work on after my Barracuda is finished. Now that I have an extra Slant Six, I'll just build it for my Valiant wagon. That way I can keep it running while the new engine gets built. Now I just need to decide what to do with the 273 from the Barracuda. I was planning to keep it in the hope of rebuilding it some day, but I'm running out of room in my garage.