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I got the column drop finished and did a trial fit on the shaft. Everything clears, I should be in good shape. I made a floor plate for the lower column mounts, then pulled it all back apart for some touch up paint.

Great looking car, another more - door saved from the scrap heap!

Good info, thanks. I didn't know those had a max angle rating; I'll have to check that.

I cut down the original column today and made a piece to hold a lower bearing. I'm moving the column over and down a bit which is ok because now it's centered with the gauges. It looks like I will get by with just two u-joints; one at the end of the column and one on the rack. Now I need to build a column drop and cut the shaft for a trial fit.

Nice car! That was a steal for $1600.

Yeah, I've some ebay special blockhuggers.

Yeah, I've still got the front clip off until I get the steering lined out. There's room, just not S lot of it. I'll get it in there one way or another.

First fire up today; sounds pretty good. Next order of business is to figure out how to fit the steering column around the headers and the starter.

A trick my dad did on an old engine was to take a pan of trans fluid and heat it up on the BBQ grill until it got really hot. Then he dumped it down the spark plug holes with a funnel and stuck the plugs back in. The next day he pulled the plugs and put a breaker bar on the crank and it turned. I guess the heat expanded everything and let the fluid get down into the rings.

Nice! Good to see another more-door being saved. The hemi swap should really be cool.

If the pump had been sized for a v8, I would have. It was for the 190ci v6 and only had a 5/16 line on it.

I got the alternator brackets made; I decided to go with a GM alternator so Id have an internal regulator. I also pulled the fuel pump for the SHO motor out of the tank and replaced it with a straight 3/8" line and will mount an external pump. As soon as i get the fuel line run and the pump mounted, it should be ready for a short test fire.

I got the alternator brackets made; I decided to go with a GM alternator so Id have an internal regulator. I also pulled the fuel pump for the SHO motor out of the tank and replaced it with a straight 3/8" line and will mount an external pump. As soon as i get the fuel line run and the pump mounted, it should be ready for a short test fire.

Looks like a blast, I can't wait for the show season. It's 15 degrees and snowing here.

Got back on this one today. I freshened up a Holley 780 I had but had to make a new bracket to relocate the coil since the bowls hang out further. Also made up some fuel lines for the carb. Im hoping to get all the fuel lines ran and the pump installed this weekend.

Nice! Always wanted to find a ragtop version of my 48.

Thanks guys. She had her first treatment Friday and feels pretty good other than being a little tired.

We got some good news, there is a new immunotherapy that they believe will help Alicia. It's similar to chemo but the good thing is she only has to go once every three weeks and the side effects are not as bad as the chemo she had before. It's a fairly new treatment for this type of cancer but they said they are seeing success rates between 60 and 70%, which is awesome. She had to go for three months, they they will redo her cat scans and hopefully they will see that it is shrinking the tumors. The doctor said if she had gotten this 5 years ago she would have died inside of a year so they have really made some big strides in recent treatment options. Thank you guys so much for your prayers.

Praying for her and your family, brother.

Thanks you, all. She's got an appointment at Siteman Cancer Center Monday so I should know more after that. She's in good spirits; God is in control.

Got some bad news yesterday; my wife's cancer is back again. This is round three and now its gotten into her liver as well as came back on her neck. Her doctor is sending us to a specialist next Monday to see about treatment options. She's been through so much with this over the last few years; please keep her in your prayers.

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Thanks; it's coming together. I was looking at distributor options and found a place that machines this little bracket that bolts on the stock distributor allowing use of an HEI module. Super slick and only $25. I've got all the engine wires run and and am not too far away from a test fire.

I thought about the overdrive; if they had made a factory one with the big block bell housing I would have gone for it. But this was the cheapest route. Lots of little stuff done lately; wires, misc fittings, R&P mounted, etc. I got the floor put back together and worked on modifying the Jag shifter today. The cable is a little short so I'm going to try and use a B&M cable on it.

I put a 318/ 5 speed in my 51 but ended up fabricating my own mounts. I've seen another car with the ones from Butch's and they look really nice.