it doesn't matter to me.
this is basically what hot rodding your car is all about.
use what you have available to you on the cheap and make it work. this is better than it going to the crusher.
there are probably more old street rods using another manufacturers drive trail than ones with their original stuff.
For a street rod where an original engine or the parts to rebuild it are nearly impossible to find, a swap makes sense.
Otherwise, this isn't Cuba.
Original make engines belong in these cars.
The Honda swap provides no advantage over a decent 302 which are dirt cheap and common.
"Conformity"....Pfffft!
Change the color, change the wheels but keep an original Ford engine in the car.
I've seen the same BS with electric drivetrain swaps into classics. It is crap. You give away the soul of the car when you install an electric setup in it. I don't care how fast it is, the range you might have or any of it.
Gasoline engines for the classics is THE only way.
