Wow. I was looking through this thread and was thinking about my 53 Studebaker in college when I saw this!

Yours is a little faster. Actually I put a Chevy engine in mine - 283 bored out to a 301. With a high lift cam and some other work, I got 8,000 rpms.

My most recent favorite cars were a 1998 Corvette (stolen in 2003) and replaced with a Mercedes AMG SLK. But I need a car for commuting as well as something that goes in the snow so my and wife wife's cars are more practical lately.