[Brad_bb]

The heads and intake are not too hard to find I think. But you have to think about how important looking original is compared to having fun and going fast. That money might be better spent building a more powerful engine, but that's up to you. Regarding manual transmissions, I've watched a youtube channel called gearboxvideo with Paul Cangialosi. His product site is 5speeds.com. Paul builds brand new Muncies with his own custom housings that are upgraded from the oem, and I think all of his M20's, M21's, and M22's are made with the larger 1" countershaft. I think he has all of the shafts and gears etc made with upgrades to get rid of the weak points of the Oem Muncies. He will also take your original housing and machine it for the upgrades and all new internals. I'm on the fence on what trans I'm going to put in my 64. I have the same trans that OMT talked about that I got form Paul years ago. But I'm reconsidering and might have him build me an M20 with my housing. On another note, a common problem with 64 frames that had a manual transmission, is a broken rear crossmember on the passenger side due to the twisting under load. Brackets were made late in production to reinforce for the twist and I found an original set and I also bought a reproduction set years ago. They bolt on to the rear lower arm bracket and the crossmember. Check your car to see if the crossmember is cracked or broken where it is welded to the frame, also check the upper spring plate that will either be riveted or welded to the rear crossmember. My Silver 64 had the broken weld at the frame and either that frame or my other one had the broken upper plate connection.