I think you are on the right track. To get daily driver type
reliability, you definitely need to lose the Dynaflow and torque tube.
If you do that, then the engine swap really won't be all that much more
work. In fact, it will probably be less work/money than rebuilding the
nail and adapting it to a modern transmission. Besides the other mods
you mentioned, you might also want to consider adding PS if the car
doesn't already have it.
The purists will probably hate me for saying this, but the stock setup
on these cars just requires way too much maintenance if you want to use
the car for a daily driver. I know this for a fact because my 52 is
basically stock except for replacing the Dynaflow with a manual trans.
Ray
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