I just have to ask where you got the car. I had one that looked the spitting image of that one about 20 years ago. The horrible "Green Meanie" as I affectionately called it had a 383 in it and the guy I sold it too grenaded the clutch. Is there any tell tale signs of clutches demise? The hole for the transmission was hacked up and it had a huge hole in the floor where the shifter came through.

If it is the same car it came from Hawaii and I sold it in Maryland.