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Looking great, Don; you should be able to make late Feb with a straight body like that.

Nice work Don,

Those vacations really put a crimp in the important work don't they. In my case being retired it's my wife's vacations that keep me from the important stuff. She expects me to be by her side all the time. All kidding aside I like being with her and taking a break now and then.

Jack.

Thanks guys. Yep, it was hard to get out of bed this morning and venture out into the cold (33 degrees this am) But it feels good to be back at work too.

We were all waiting for the high heat and humidity of Summer to end here in Florida, but this is way too far the other direction.

Don

33 Yikes! That's northern California weather!
I remember when it got to the 50's in the Keys. It felt like it was snowing!
Nice work on the body and engine/frame. Although it's just a few words, it takes a lot of time to do all that stuff!
Heck I couldn't imagine how much time it took me just to be ready to crank the engine over this Holiday. You guys should be proud! Can't wait for the Surf and Turf photo's when you and Dan drive your current projects to Don Jr's boat and get some shots of all three!

Thanks Steve. Don, his GF and her Daughter actually got to spend the night anchored out Friday night. He called me and said he was drinking a Bloody Mary, sitting on the back deck, and looking at the stars. I guess all the work he and Taylor put in the boat for the past 9 months are now forgotten. I have to give them credit, they did a nice job.

It looks like all three of us are getting to the end of our current projects. Dan says when this one is done he is going to just enjoy having some time and money for other things. For the past 5 years every spare cent he had has been put into his RPU. I think a lot of us can relate to that. It's fun, but it's also nice when it ends too.

Yours is really coming along well too Steve. You are very close to being done.


Don

Tonight Dan I were bored so we decided to put the body back on my 27 to see how much I would have to modify the firewall to clear the new valve covers. After we got it on we found only about an inch of interference and it was all caused by the new Edelbrock finned aluminum valve covers I had just bought. They are super high to clear roller rockers.

After some thought I took them off and there is tons of clearance between the roller rockers and the top of the firewall tunnel so I have decided to simply use a lower set of valve covers. Don liked the Edelbrocks when I bought them, so maybe I can talk him into trading for the set he has on his T bucket. His clear his roller rockers and he is using the same lift cam I am, so they will work on my engine and eliminate the need to modify my firewall at all. If he doesn't want to make the swap I'll just buy the same set he has and save the other ones for some future project.

I guess the next step is to pull the body back off and start prepping it for paint. Still on the fence on color.......maybe black, maybe dark blue, who knows? Once I get it in primer and blocked I can make that final call. Here are a few pictures of how it looks back on the frame. It will settle down a little lower once I let the clutch out for the first time, that is what happened years ago when I first built it.

Don