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Thanks Dave. I picked up the rocker arms this morning, the guy called at 9 am to let me know they were done! That's the last piece of the puzzle...

Doesn't look anything like the army green I'm used to, did they change the color of the uniforms and trucks and such? This is army green to...

Picked up the pistons today, and a friend gave me the name of a shop that he thought could ream the bushings in the rocker arms for me. I drove...

Making progress, and then stalled out again......got the head assembled, but I still haven't found a place that can hone the bushings out in the...

I can't see the point of using this over good ol RustyOleum or POR15, other than custom color. A good etch primer and brushed on POR looked every...

Only got about 3/4 of the first can to spray, then it just quit......I tried cleaning the nozzle but no joy, so I broke out the second can and it...

I sprayed early this morning and I'm glad I did, the bugs were really bugging me last night as I put up the tent, today while painting I had no...

Tomorrow is paint day at last, we were supposed to have rain all weekend and today, and didn't get a damn drop - so much for the weather guessers...

Next Episode - PAINT! Can't wait to see what they did on the color......I hope they don't paint it the grey of the donor car - but with those flat...

Transmission is now fully built, I need to work out how to seal it off as the owner wants it painted to match the engine..... [ATTACH] [ATTACH]...

The block came back today from the machine shop, so now I need to do a lot of clean up and tape off to get ready to paint all the bits....[ATTACH]...

Cylinder head came back today, a few days earlier than I thought it would. Next I need the block....I ran a tap into every threaded hole, even the...

I'm hopeful this week things will get going again on this build......both the cylinder head and block should be back to me by mid week, and the...

I was thinking out in the backyard would be the right place.... The paint place said an N95 mask and outdoors would be fine, just don't get your...

Yes, well that's going to be a problem......finding one! Unless I buy an expensive actual respirator. The paint store said if I was painting...

Here's what the cans look like.... [ATTACH] and here's the bottom where you insert the red cap to push the hardener into the color..... [ATTACH]...

Yes, they were. If he would have been happy with a "standard" color I could have done it in single stage enamel for $20 in materials, but he...

The owner wants a specific color for this engine/transmission, Resida Green rather than the dark Morris Green that most of them were painted, so I...

What part of Los Angeles is in Florida or Texas? Or did you mean Louisiana?

I guess I didn't do the follow up on this car, the fuel filter was clogged as expected, so Dan drained some fuel out and replaced the filter - car...