Welcome! Sounds like a good project! Any pictures of your old 69? I've always wanted an fj40 with a small block.... My neighbor has one that will pull the front wheels off the ground!
Once you get enough posts I need pics! 
Oh tons of fun! we originally built it to run in the dunes with a M-21 - could hang against a mustang GT till he hit third - not nearly enough to lift the wheels but probably an honest 350 hp
plenty to shatter a few old Muncies and Toy TCs. My garage still smells like gear oil - Ha
Will do with the pix, I'll have to scan em, those were film days- Ha!
