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And so it begins, she’s in paint lockup now but hope to have it back by the end of the month

We are now up to 33 member registrations. This is great with still 7 months till the meet. Only 7 rooms left in our block so if you want a room at the host hotel and haven't made your reservation you need to do so ASAP and once you have done so please let me know so I can try to get more rooms added to our block, if at all possible. rob

Which B&M shifter are you using, and why? Are you going to use a factory console? Just an FYI, a factory horseshoe shifter is much less costly than an aftermarket and can easily be made to function just as good and sometimes better than a B&M. Dan

A lot of day 2 items but at least it’s real. Not a fan of the color combo either.

Aside from the ugliness, there is an interesting story behind them: The Custom Cloud Story (coindispenser.com)

I haven't had much time to work on this car yet, but I changed the plugs and did a compression test. It runs and idles better, but now it seems the fuel pump is giving up. Suddenly, the motor is fuel starved when accelerating hard. That'll be the next change. The Hurst Competition Plus shifter felt pretty sloppy. The car actually came to me with the original Muncie shifter, plus a spare one that had a part number written on it as if a salvage yard would have done. I cleaned it up in the degreaser tank yesterday and it's in great shape. Gus changed to the Hurst in '74, so my guess is that he got the spare Muncie shifter from a low miles Chevelle that had been wrecked, but decided not to use it. The mounting bracket and braces were still attached to the Muncie shifter that he took out, and that shifter was worn noticeably more than the spare one was. I was able to remove the Hurst this morning and install the Muncie. It works great, and every piece of original hardware I needed was in the Hurst box. I forgot to take a photo of the shifter after it was cleaned up, but I'll get one with it installed. The rubber shifter boot was hard and it crumbled getting the Hurst shifter out, but a new boot came with the car. I'll be installing it soon.

Ahhh, ok. It wasn't ordered like that. It's supposed to be cottonwood green. Now the top and interior make sense. Looks to be a Canadian built SS.

No thank you!

Do you mean this bracket?

You’re better off leaving the linkage rods attached so your floor shifter isn’t free flowing. If the collar on the column is in park your shifter should be locked to help prevent theft. But you have to have the linkage rods attached to have the safety. Just my opinion.

Q1. No Q2. Yes.