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Dave, I think you can see her pouting! She is feeling a little neglected, but looking good. Is that going to be a spoiler on the front?

I got my rebuilt 350 short block out of the shop yesterday, I am very excited, can't wait to start putting it together. I went to my buds house and cleaned up a set of heads I have and ground the valves today. Guides are ok but I need to get new umbrella seals and they can go back together. Then it's assembly time and into the Chebby!! I think some new chrome may be in order huh guys?! I love chrome goodies! I am excited to get the ol' 305 out of her especially after I got it hot last summer, it never really ran right again after that.

I picked up a set of 64 cc chamber heads with 194 valves and ground them today. I mounted them to my new short blk and painted them. Did I mess up using etching primer and acrylic enamel on the engine or should I have gone with heat resistant paint?

Originally posted by brickman
I picked up a set of 64 cc chamber heads with 194 valves and ground them today. I mounted them to my new short blk and painted them. Did I mess up using etching primer and acrylic enamel on the engine or should I have gone with heat resistant paint?

looks good brickman , far as the paint go, i've used both and didnt see a lot of dif.

It works ok, use the same method most of the time. Looks great, Brick.

Thanks guys, thats great to know, I was a little leary. I do love that color and there was no other way to get it. I am very excited to get it in my car and start rebuilding the little 305. I may put it back in when the next project comes along, hell you can't just stop at one!!

Got Bill's Firebird jammed and back together enough to get it all in primer this weekend. Bill's giggly, first time he has seen it all in one color since we started on it... Block and Prime a couple more times, then it's off to the paint booth. Neat car, for a GM, 4 speed with 4 wheel disc brakes, now has a SBC for motivation.

Neat car, for a GM, 4 speed with 4 wheel disc brakes and a 4 speed.

dave, looks like a neat car, but do it really need 2- 4 speeds?

C'mon Mike, it was early !!!!!!! Must of been sucking up too many paint fumes yesterday!!!!!

Originally posted by Dave Severson
C'mon Mike, it was early !!!!!!! Must of been sucking up too many paint fumes yesterday!!!!!

thought you was gonna say a GM needed all the help it could get.

I was going to, but what the heck, you allready did !!!!!!

all of them need all the help they can get, even a ford sometimes.

Nice progress fellas,here is my current state of progress!!

Getting all the body lines ,lined up and getting ready for some heavy duty block sanding.Kinda doin things backwards frame and engine and all the underside of the sheet metal is nice and shiny doing the paint and rims, installing the glass last.

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I think I have decided to go with red and white ?With a silver pinstripe between the colors?