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"is it any worse than putting a chebby motor in your bird ?"

I thought you already had a 327 in your Bird?

It's a contradiction, in my opinion.
The only reason I can see that you would hybrid a 1st gen is to make it your priority, everyday, driver. I believe the day of the 1st gen daily driver have passed. With the introduction of all the safety equipment our new cars have, why would you want to ignore the safety factor? Hybrids are for taking care of business in an economical way and Birds are for pleasure when you couldn't care less what kind of gas mileage you are getting. Oops, this started out a tech question, sorry for the commentary/rambling!