[102SS]

Your going to pour a ton of money into it unless you can do the work yourself.

If you farm it out how do you know they won't botch the job?

Either way it your not driving the car for months and the gremlins may last a lot longer.

Never get emotionally attached to car it has no love for you or your wallet.

Drive it the way it is or trade it in on an SS that you can drive now

BTW it's not as easy as swapping an LS into an old muscle car there are plenty of electronics and anti theft systems you need to over come.