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At the 3:25 mark here I install front timing cover and gasket. The crank seal install in the timing cover is shown earlier in the video.

To get at the front timing cover you’ll need to remove the front engine mount. You need to support the engine to do that. The rubber on your front mount looks poor. It should be replaced. You’ll need to remove the centre crank bolt. Then a puller to get the pulley off. Look at the sealing surface of the pulley. Clean it up. You may very well want a speedi-sleeve on it. Remove timing cover bolts. Remove timing cover. Kerosene and a brush. De-sludge everything. Clean all mounting surfaces like new. How’s the timing chain play looking? Install a new crank seal in the cover with a press. Get a new gasket in place. I like to copper spray both sides. Lay the cover and gasket in place. Do not tighten it down. Use crank pulley as centering guide. Install pulley. Then tighten down cover bolts. Put thread sealer on cover bolts.

I meant to say that the front doors for the 2-door sedans are the same as for the 7-passsenger car body. Maybe the front doors of the Town Sedans are also the same. The coupe door has the top swept back to meet the belt line.

I did think about that. This is the latest picture and it's ready for framing. The carpenters will start work Monday. The wood was delivered yesterday. Five minutes after the concrete crew was finished I got out the garden hose and tested the drainage. It works.

I just wanted to post a little update on the performance of this new carburetor. Now that it is finally starting to cool off in Florida I've been starting to drive the car more. I wish I had bought this carburetor years ago, in almost 25 years of owning the car it's never run this great. It runs so smooth and idles so good now. It has more power and it just runs cleaner. I used to always have some exhaust odor and that's virtually gone now. I probably rebuilt that old carburetor 10 times over the years and it never ran this good. Oh yeah and no more leaks.

Yes, sir. And what a gratifying job it was to buff out this original paint and see it shine. Thank you.