I'm ok with a parts queen - kind of like the 429 SCJ Torino out back (figuratively, though I did have one at one time) with the shaker intake with no matching numbers, but all NOS replacement parts - still runs down the road with authority!
Glad to hear you say all that, it's how I choose to romanticize historical objects - there are so many paths a story can go.
Probably wont be for a bit, but I will certainly provide a range report when I have one.