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My drivers seat has pretty weak springs though.. it was redone years ago (was DVW's kids seat) and you can put rods sideways across the springs to firm it up, i plan to do it over winter.. praying i can get the seat cover off without ruining it.. My original seats i was getting recovered and...

yeah... a bench seat and pushbutton were what i had to keep.. also why i went small block which i kinda love, my first one after a lot of big blocks. I do have a spare BB trans case here though if i wanna swap eventually

Betting it's valve seal time.. it's only been 61 years :) And feel free to hijack.. like 3 people read my bs..

Soo.. tonight i put resonators after the axle to try to get rid of the raspyness and quiet it a bit more.. it did help a bit.. not as much as i had hoped. I only got the 3.5" ones since i was worried bout space, i should have gone 4" and might over winter. I am wondering if some turn downs at...

yes... sadly.. it was just too far gone :( really wanted to keep the whole car bone stock but it became a mess. nothing i can't change back though. The current motor is a 318/trickflows and a howards roller... i have a 360 block at the machinist, might be done before winter...

Doesn't sound like a bad weekend :)

Also wanted to mention... i decided to try a new soap and the stuff is unreal.. i have tried all the normal gojo and all that.. never had anything work near as well as this..

also primered my front rims finally.. gonna let them sit for a day.. sand and primer again, trying to fill in some crappy spots.. glad i decided to use my spray gun and not cans.. gonna go body color on the front rimes.. i need to find a pair for 9" dog dishes though.. i only have 10s

got some stuff done this morning.. fixed some small exhaust leaks (band clamps... added ultracopper) gonna suck to take apart.. but that's why i have hammers... Noticed my gas gauge staying near full after driving quite a bit, ran my bore scope into the tank.. but it doesn't have side...

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K.. hooker mufflers are nice... car is not too loud at idle now... still crazy raspy at wot which i hate soo much. I think the tailpipes are causing it. I usually run turn downs before the axle.. but went all out the back this time and it's horrible on the gas. Brakes are still crazy scary, no...

Later input, i looked for months for a 19? spline and gave up.. found a trans for $100 and swapped parts... Went out and got the passenger exhaust done.. tomorrow the drivers.. Starting to look bad near the muffler, i weld the mufflers to the head pipe, had to cut them off twice now and add...

New mufflers are here, showed up early... should have them on in a day or 2 depending on heat/lazy :)

FTI just called.... Converter is on it's way back.. had it restalled to 3800(ish) from 3200... so now i have a spare.. gonna keep the current 3200 in the car for now and maybe try the 3800 when the new motor is done (no idea when that might be) I will say FTI was a joy to deal with... John...

Nice, i ended up doing 5* (shoulda went 3-4) and it made a huge difference.. only did one quick run around the neighborhood last weekend but it feels like my vibration is pretty much gone. Dunno how i can do the math and still end up 1-2* off :) but i'm good are redoing things 3 times