Earlier, before E-Types were rare, it was easier to put in a small-block than it was to fix the 6-cylinder OHC 3.8 or 4.2. These days, no one would do it.
AH 3000’s like the one pictured here were fast for the times. 0-60 in about 10 seconds and a top speed of maybe 120mph. (Somewhere in between Triumphs and Jags) They just were pretty primitive under that beautiful body.
Lever action shocks, copied from a Studebaker wagon...