Let me preface this topic with the fact that this will probably never happen, due to the expense involved.

For much of my adult life I hung around with a good friend that lived and breathed Pontiac's.  He had grown up a decade prior to me in the 50's and as a kid of the streets, he spent much of his time hanging out at the local gas station.  He progressed from washing cars to pumping gas and soon found he had a knack for working on cars primatily tuning motors.  In 1958 a customer bought a 58 Pontiac, I think this was a stripped down 2 door sedan and all I know about the motor is that it had a tri-power carb set-up in a quest to be king of the stop lights.  The owner soon became close friends with my buddy due to his ability to get the max performance out of that Pontiac. 
This friend of mine went on to work the counter of a local speed shop and soon found he was not destined to work for others.  He was rather out spoken and quick tempered.  I have heard of the term "short syndrone" and I think this fit my friend.  He was quick to fly into someone with fists flying in order to prove he was bigger and badder than his short & lightweight body appeared.  Eventually he owned and operated a combo repair and body shop in a building behind a motel that he bought as a means to keep his wife busy and out of his shop.  His 4 kids grew up detailing cars and the boys became excellent mechanics and bodymen.
We became friends in the 70's when most guys could not get along with him and he needed a companion to accompany him to the drag strip on weekends.  I was desperate to learn more about the cars I owned and the in's and out's of drag racing.  So even though I worked for Chevrolet all of my life and he was racing Pontiac's we formed a racing team and hit the road every weekend of the racing season.  This guy taught me everything about racing, drinking and how to sucessfully start a bar fight and then escape before the police came.
My friend passed away several years ago at the age of 65 but he really was gone prior to that.  All the years of drinking and smoking and doing pretty much everything to excess ruined his health from age 55 to his death.
His last full time race car is still owned by his sons, a 65 Gto coupe with his signature 400 ci motor and a variety of mismatched parts and suspension componets he had engineered and perfected.  He was not big on ordering a bunch of aftermarket parts from a catalog.  His 65 with the 400 motor, 400 turbo and a ten bolt rearend was capable of 9.60's on a good air day.

So now for the question.  In all of the time I spent with my friend, my 63 Acadian is now the first Pontiac I have owned in my 63 years.  The one thing that my friend was very out spoken about was what he fondly referred to as the "Bastard" Pontiac's at the track with Chevy engines.  I love my Acadian but I do somewhat feel I have disappointed my long time friend with my Pontiac/Chevy combo.
So somewhere in the back of my mind, there is a little voice that tells me, in tribute to my friend, I should right this wrong and build a 400 pontiac motor for my Acadian.
Now understand, this is not just a tribute but I really enjoy owning uniquely different cars.  I'm not sure how I would explain this because anyone with knowledge of the Acadian would expect to see a Chevy engine.  On the other hand some people would think it was original or at least a natural for the Candian Pontiac.
Question is, what do you guys think of the idea??  Is it sacreligious, just plain wrong or in some way is it the right thing to do??
Understand, my car is a long way from an original Acadian.  Lots and lots of modifications and pretty much a pro-touring car currently.

-- Edited by forespeed on Wednesday 23rd of December 2009 01:07:02 PM

-- Edited by forespeed on Wednesday 23rd of December 2009 01:10:57 PM