Throwing in the towel!

[NF65Fleetside]

So as most of you have read, lately ive been asking questions on 454 bbc swap and what kind of fabrication is needed for getting it into my 65' chevy c10. Since the 350 took a dump on me i was itch'n for something with power. Well I had finally pulled a descent 454 together and replaced water pump, fuel pump, intake manifold, headers, bling bling covers and got a new 750cfm edelbrock carb for it.
Did tons of research and even found a kat whos done the swap a few times himself that gave me the go that it would be pretty straight forward. So a buddy and I decided to tackle the project. Work conditions were a bit of a ***** though, ghetto alley way, basic hand tools, super obesee parking enforcement harrasment, and not enough time in the day. The 350 came out with ease and the old girl actually looked pretty good other than her insides being a milk shake. So the moment of truth was stuffing the huge 454 into the 65'. After musceling the hoist and motor over to the truck, i was somewhat shocked that YES the big ***** did actually fit AND almost directly lined up. The problem, dark came upon us before really being able to get going on it. So i was left with just the motor sitting in the engine bay but not bolted to tranny or frame.
Since my buddy had other obligations the following day I was forced to try and finish up myself. With only the help of my gf whos about 4ft noth'n and a buck ten it was almost hopeless. One of those situations where it was close but no cigar (which i had to puff just to ease my nerves). After wrestling with the beast for several hours and not getting any solid progress I resorted to having the truck towed to a local performance shop who said they could definetly do it but in the process take me for every penny I had. So towed back to my pad and thats where she sits now. At this point Im resorting back to a small block just so I can get back driving, going from big to puny! Found a solid 283 that will go in this weekend (hoepfully) and will shoot for a bbc again later down the road. After all this Im contemplating on putting the truck and bbc on the auction block. Here are some pics, sorry for the long story but just thought Id vent my frustrations and share the project.....