[marks73ta]

I went ahead and placed the whole motor, trans, and shifter all into the car, finished cutting out the floor and getting evrything bolted in. I found the shift lever to be OK where it fell. But the T handle was just wide enough to be touching my leg when I would be driving relaxed. So I pulled all again and moved the mount over about an inch, inch and a half towards the passenger side. This by itself will be fine but I might go to a ball shift knob if I can find a nice 3 speed knob. Doing that will make it perfect. I have to look at one of the shifter balls with the side button/switch on it. If it can be used with the pull trigger for the shifter V-gate then it'll work great for a line lock. If the side button falls in a bad place and interfers with the operation of the V-Gate trigger, then I'll have to do a seperated button.
I sold the '59 block that I was using for a mock up block. So I can't play with making a starter adaptor until I get my '60 block engine back from Paul in Tucson. I had the opportunity to do a little mocking up before the '59 block left so I have an idea what I'm going to do. But before I go any farther I need to have my actual block/engine and the crank I'm using etc, then I can get all the final positioning done.
I sent both of my carbs into CSU for the final work. The original carb I already had built to blow thru by CSU was converted to E-85. The second had to be converted to blow thru and E-85. They are already done and on their way back. Bruce Wilkie sold me a full Accell 300+ ignition system including the 375 additional unit that plugs into the 300 and gives me boost retard and several other features. Everything plus the matching coil to get me running. Thank you Bruce. Exactly what I needed. That's it for now. Lots to do but things getting done too. Mark L