HarryPR wrote:

You're making great progress, Harrison! Looks like you'll be starting it up soon. Any hope of making it to V@V with it?

Thanks Harry, Probably not much chance of me making V@V anymore, mainly due to the cost of the remaining components I need to get this all together. She'll probably be running by then, but without an exhaust or new tires.

I did get the engine & trans in this past weekend, along with new steel fuel lines and a new rear brakeline. Bending the fuel lines was an exercise in frustration, thats for sure. I started off using the factory tabs that bend in place, but they didn't like fitting around the lines too well, so in the end I riveted them in place with isolated rubber grommets.

All that took up most of my day. In the end I was able to drop the engine and transmission in with the help of my friend Joe, but thats about it. No trans mounts or driveshaft yet.

Next weekend I'm away for a wedding, then a vacation the week after, then the next weekend is V@V. I have a week off where I'll be doing work on the car, but even if some miracle does happen, I don't really want to make its maiden voyage one of 500+ miles round-trip. Next year, for certain.

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