Ok, time for a little update. I have the car up in the air and the motor ready to pull out. I just have to unbolt the engine and trans mounts and she's outta there.



Since there was no safe place to store the hood in the garage, the wife let me use the pool table as a temporary prop. lol.


I drilled some holes in the windage tray to help the oil drain back better and installed the oil pan.



Also installed the timing cover, oil pump & water pump. It's just about ready to paint now. I just have to prime the aluminum heads with self etching primer. I'm going to be a little different and use Chrysler red. You can see the shade on the water pump, which I painted before I installed it.

What do you think of my new valve covers? Just the right amount of tackiness with that GOT-EM-FOR-A-BUCK-AT-A-YARD-SALE look, don't you think?


LOL! KIDDING! I got those with the car. I'm going to use them to cover the valve train while painting.
Nasty!