Good move on going with the 1969 Falcon, I'm doing a 1967 and going to power it with a Blair Patrick 428/toploader combination. Not too many folks do this conversion but due to the fact that most Fairlane, Torino, Comet parts of that timeframe crossover you have lots of options. I didn't touch the shocktowers as it fit fine during the mockup. I ordered one of Jay's intake adaptors and considering using it in this project. How about a tunnelram in there, I'm thinking that's the ticket. There is an article floating around from the 70's titled "You Could Do This Swap in Your Sleep" concerning this process which includes Ford part numbers used in the swap. Jim M