I put the car outside to drop the engine I had in, a 350 2bbl for the time being with my spare rebuilt TH400 from a '74 Catalina wagon I used to own. It took me almost a year to get to it as I was battling cancer, so it was sad to see it under cover all that time. I will say that it's been rewarding to work on it after the fact.
I had put an engine and tranny combo in with my cherry picker and load leveler before in a '71, but that was a Catalina. I had neglected to remember that in addition to the front beak being 3" longer, the motor mounts are almost 6" backwards. So my cherry picker and load leveler did not clear the nose. I had to go in from the side after removing the tire and transmission crossmember to get it in.
Next time I would suggest pulling the nose, bumper, and maybe core support to have plenty of room.
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