Well - I've posted in various places, I should include something here-
I've been running my mutant '61 around with what was basically a placeholder engine.
It was just to let me shake other stuff down while I built something with power - maybe a turbo.
The placeholder still runs fine - '87 'Buick' 3.8 with about 200k on it - uses a bit of oil, but oil is cheap.
I actually got it on the street in late 2009.
The replacement motor I settled on is a later rendition of that motor - a 3800 Series II w/factory supercharger, from an '02 Bonneville.
(Stronger internals, better heads, etc, etc. Creeping feature-itis!)
I bought it in - 2012? egad...
I bought a '98 Regal GS with a bad motor, also in 2012. That provided me a subframe and suspension pieces, and lots of other stuff - much of which I didn't expect to need.
Within the last couple of weeks, I've finally gotten it to where I can test run it on the ground. The subframe is on a dolly, and becomes a very suitable test stand.
It lives!
I'll post some pics following, to show what this monster is (so far), and what I plan.
I should be tearing the car down and starting the actual swap later this month.