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engine dropped off at machine shop. trans rebuilt. 2K stall converter used. bought a edelbrock performer intake, had the Quadrajet rebuilt by S&S carburetors here in Houston (Alan is the GUY when it comes to carbs), snagged another oil pan since this one was wasted, and some Headman Headers. paint shop doing things too

Looks to be December 1969 3964290 heads.

Hydraulic roller cam with everything else up for discussion. Exterior wise it'll be stock looking with stock Intake/exhaust manifolds. No idea.

The oil filter was still primed lol Need a new oil pan. this thing is hammered. Leaks. dented. Bottm end looks pretty typical with wear. cam is wore all funky- to be expected. Nothing exciting going on the top end either. other than the hydraulic lifters bled down- everything was to be expected. Wrecked my balancer puller lol machine shop can mess with that now lol

I need to get my act in gear. So, yesterday I took the boat anchor out. Maybe I can use the exhaust pieces for the engine dyno- so I kept those cut offs for now. Getting the nuts off the exhaust manifolds- I LOVE using this. It's an induction heater. no flames, and works extremely well. no broken studs and all the nuts came off by hand. The illustrious sheet metal heater thing on the passenger side exhaust manifold In great shape, not rotted. It'll clean up nicely. Driver's exhaust manifold needs to be replaced- ears were broken off. side note- no exhaust gaskets were on either exhaust manifold 😕 Got this 50lb of a/c off- heavily considering going to a more modern air compressor for the efficiency/weight savings and overall better a/c performance. Thoughts vs keeping this set up (other than aesthetics)- the A6 compressors are known to leak out the nose seal, and aren't super efficient vs the typical Sanden compressor (like I have on my red truck in the background)

After chatting with Leo, Im gonna get a patch from him and see how this fender turns out,

I emailed Leo at konik to see, anyone else have one?

on the hunt for a right front fender for my 70. Anyone have a lead on it? I'm in Houston.

I'd rather try to find a good original.

dang, I have to remember these dudes again. I'm terrible remembering stuff like this! I really need to get my [censored] in gear. bodyshop is killing me in progress- I haven't even touched the drivetrain!

hopefully I find another (original) one, ya? I'd hate to pull the easy button and buy a repro. I'm sure it's not as good as the original, just like my stupid ford truck sheetmetal endeavor I just went through lol

Bodyshop told me to go hunt down a right fender. Anyone have one floating around?

Body shop is moving right along, and I've not touched the drivetrain. I need to get in gear to match the timing of the body getting done. I'm way behind on personal projects

I'm not dead! I've just been busy! This new shop/remodel/life is kicking my [censored]!

It's currently got 37's on the king ranch wheels. The 40's I found are forgiatos with 40x15.50r24's..... what a difference in physical size and weight. The supercharger is needed to turn those stupid things 😂