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As much other crap as there is to dislike about NY State, my registering and tax bill on July 1 was a nothing in comparison - but of course, I cheated a weeeee bit, but that's what it sometimes takes and is a part of the game hot rodders play with the state. I had my 4" thick folder of receipts, just in case but the ladies really didn't care - all they wanted was a bill of sale, an insurance card and $179 ($119 taxes and a $60 license fee, which included the plate cost and fees). No one looked at the car until I had the state "safety" inspection and that is done at an independent garage and is a joke. I received my temporary registration with the admonishment that it "would be reviewed in Albany". It evidently wasn't (or maybe no one gave a dam' ) and 30 days later in rolls my permanent registration - the car year is too old for the title system which began in 1972.

Roger - congratulations on making it drivable (and condolences for the check book deflation )

Today I was waiting for the delivery guys to get rid of the two breather caps and replace them with an oil fill plug and a PCV connection so I started cleaning up my splash aprons. They are getting pretty close, but not quite there yet. Ran over a full tube of spot putty backing out into the sunshine kind of like stepping on a ketchup packet...
Took it out for a shakedown cruise yesterday after getting the alignment set up and the wheels/tires balanced - the weather was simply too nice to be working on the car indoors. What a hoot!! I pulled out onto K10 (4 lane divided, 70mph speed limit about 5 miles from home) and quickly accelerated up to 65/70 and dropped it into 5th. It did fine, but you can feel that it really likes pulling at 2500 to 3000 instead of 1950rpm I did a big loop, putting about 50 to 75 miles on it and it did great. I told my wife that I think the smile on my face is stuck there permanently.
Got the new parts on late in the day, and earlier replaced the pan gasket to eliminate that from the source of the oil leaks, along with bagging the breathers. Tomorrow will be another cruise, and hopefully the oil leaks will be gone.

that is great roger. i know that smile