Well Brian you are still moving along at a great pace in time for better weather north of the border. This is the first week the night time temperatures have ALL been above 32 degrees here in Virginia and the (horny) frogs are really chirping all day long. My brake lines were double-flared by John York but he left the system dry since he said the wheel cylinders would gum up if I didn't use them until I get the car running whenever, so I don't know if I have leaks but thanks for the idea about the open end box wrenches. Today I used your thread on the steering wheel which turned into a critique of shifters and with the pictures from you and Csx I figured I would need a 16" stick like yours but I opted for the Gennie Shift with the slap shift pattern rather than the pushbutton Lokar. Any chance you will submit a picture showing the steering linkage and your headers? I just spent over an hour trying to submit the headbolt sequence for a SBC350 on another thread and now maybe I am getting better at sending pictures, but I don't have anything new because the garage has been too cold! Well keep up the progress reports, they are really a help to me.

Don Shillady
Retired Scientist/teen rodder