These are the only crappy pic I have of the engine compartment back in the day. The firewall was recessed in these pics,the car had a bolt together glass front clip. I will get better copies of these pics soon.
The back of the car as it sits now. Underneath the 79 bumper and tail lights,almost all the original 1974 tail panel was intact with just a few pieces trimmed out from around the original tail light openings. I don't plan to replace the tail panel,just use a replacement panel to provide the pieces I need to fix the original.
In contrast,here is the engine compartment of Grumpy's Toy#8 after Richie Zul had SRD rebuild it for him. This is Dennis Ferrara in this pic. This is what pretty much all SRD prostockers were built like in 1974,which is why I know this car was originally built early on.