Great story Bill!

Welcome to CHR - lots of great folks here and they'll begin to chime in with suggestions and ideas. Hope to see some pictures soon as most of us are visual and can add more meaningful insights if we can see what your working on. I'm not a 40 Chevy guy, but there are some here for sure.

Nice tribute to your father - he would be pleased and proud!

Hope your stay here is long and profitable for you in terms of information to help you with your car.

Glenn