1969 Impala 427; bought one today

[daleone3]

So I came across this car (and bought it) and the person is really hurting and selling off a bunch of his cars. He has a 69 Impala; NOT an SS, bench column set up with a 390hp 427 in it. Car is super clean, 65k miles orig,and spent all its life in Texas and then two years in storage up here. No rust, couple small scuffs but nothing major. Has rallys with new redline radials, runs and drives good but you can tell it will need to be freshened up a bit. Needs a little front end work, a carpet, tune up and that is about it, most of the paint on the car is original and it is matching numbers. I know these cars are a bit of an acquired taste but my thought was what else can you buy today with a 427 in it for short money??? I paid $6k for the car, does anyone want to offer an opinion, I think I did pretty good but interested and respectful of all opinions.
scott.