I'm glad this thread came back up... I love the car AND that you detailed that old 6 and reinstalled it.
I binge-watched some old Overhaulin episodes the other day and when I saw the engine going into a blue 57 Chevy was painted a kind of odd orange-ish color I thought Foose was losing it. Then, when it was all put together w the brass inner grille, fender "vents", Belair script and trunk "V" it all made sense! That's a long-winded way of me saying that I dig the copper color and admire your vision and out-of-the-box thinking...