Moparsteve, for some reason your pm isnt coming through. I sent one back to you to try out. Maybe my account?
ilm65, nope didnt mean to reverse the gills. Im a nimrod. I put them on 3-4 times, and then I took the pic after the final time. Ron noticed it and changed them. I got the drivers side correct though.
Some more updates. Clean the block and all the passages. Those of you with a sharp eye might notice Ron gained some cubic inches, about 57 of them. The crank and rotating assembly all went in. Still have to degree the cam yet. Heads are done and waiting on a few small pieces and should be painted by the end of the week. Anyone in the SW MI area, the machine work was done by Dave Irwin out of Kalamazoo. Great quality. Every main is at .005, hone and finish on the cylinders is great and the rods as well were all within .001 of each other. Very smooth. The engine is .030 over and final compression should come in a little over 10:1. Should make for a good running engine.
The last couple nights I have been working on the rear panels as well. What a pain. The panels are from Legendary and really are very nice. I had to change over the stainless trim and the upper steel "caps" as well. Probably would have been smarter to send it all to legendary but oh well, they came out great I thought.
The one thing that did drive me nuts is the panels have holes in the board back where the trim SHOULD push through, but they arent lined up with where the trim is supposed to go on the front of the panel, so if you buy any be careful and watch that you dont just punch the holes.
I also bought a little buffer and stuff from eastwood, the small trim hammer you see in the pic too. I spent about 3-4 hrs knocking all the dings out of the trim, filing, finishing and bringing back to life. Sure is night and day verse the old stuff.
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Do you remember what you used to form the body line when you replaced the metal at the side rear window under the drip edge area ?
Stanhope,
This is from an earlier post:
On the rear section I cut out everything on both sides and replaced with new metal. It took about 4hrs per piece. I have a small brake (harbor freight) and use that to form the solid bends. For the slight rolls and stuff I just use an acetylene tank. I also use the throat of my vise to help get some of the "rounder" bends.
It's hard to describe until you do it but the tough part is as the pice goes back it widens and flattens and "rolls" more to the top. Once you make some bends and just start fitting it comes around. Just takes time. Hope this helps.
