i was able to dig up a couple of pics of the truck in it's heyday. motor is dirty in the pics but for a daily driver with no inner fenders what can you expect?







and here is the new motor. considerably smaller, but still plenty capable of handling what I will want from it, for now



and just for a size comparison, here's the new motor with an eaton M90 case sitting on top. I think I will need a little bit bigger one. or 2 of these. keep in mind the 455 was physically much taller and wider than this motor is