Haha; I know the feeling well! ...pretty sad when 44 year old original parts are 10x better than brand new repops. A good percentage of the repop parts I bought ended up in the garbage or spare parts pile...probably added over $5k to my resto cost.
I'll see how it goes this weekend and give you a call if I can get out. I'm putting a lift in to store Donna's new toy (Mercedes SLK) above the 'Bee.