Flew up to Sacramento this morning, Sal met me at the airport and took me to his place to get the 63 Daytona I bought a few months back. I had shipped a spare brake booster a few weeks back and Sal was kind enough to install it for me. Brakes worked fine, car drove well (but noisy! gotta do the weatherstripping thing soon). I don't know how fast I drove as the speedo is toast (cable turns fine, I discovered - had to disconnect it as the speedo was making expensive noises) but I guesstimate 75MPH cruise (2800RPM on the tach). The powershift works fine, handling will be fine with new bushings in the front end, power steering works and the radio is even functional (but hard to hear over the wind. 375 trouble free miles.
Great car, great potential - thanks, JP and Sal!