I appreciate the feedback. No offense taken at all.
Yes, emissions are enforced in my area. My thinking is to sell it to someone in an area where they are not enforced. This has been one of my issues with the car. Where I live, they used to move up the exemption year every few years, I think it was 65 at one point and then 72, then 75, but then they stopped moving it. I keep hoping they'll move it again, but it's probably been 15 years since the last move.
The cowl induction hood is to clear the taller manifold, etc. Luckily I still have the original hood and all the stuff to change it back. I think the cowl hood looks OK for a drag race car, but not so much for something like a pro-touring car. It also blocks the driver's view quite a bit.
Thanks again for the honest feedback,
Pete