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.
this doesn't only apply to street rods.
i grew up in the late 70's early 80's living next door to a budget used car dealer owner with a LARGE garage.. he was also a drag and budget dirt track circle racer.. a lot of his friends would stop by on weekends to work on their cars.
i saw a LOT of odd stuff being done on the cheap. i saw guys installing olds 455 motors from wrecked or trade in cars that cost them $50 and installed them in ford and mopar cars..i saw mopar motors installed in fords and chevys.
they did it because the cars and parts were cheap.
they would buy car with a bad motor for $25-$30. a motor for $50. spend a weekend making things work. race it, wreck it and repeat. and had a lot of fun doing it.
maybe he used a honda motor and installed it in a ford because someone told him he couldn't do it. or maybe he wanted to see if he could do it because it was there. probably did it and taped it to get views and internet cred.
honestly who cares it only a car, my mottow is JAFA, just another fu****g automobile. he can do what he wants to it. at least he saved it from being scrapped.
