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Update: (Pictures tomorrow)

Engine rebuilt and sitting on engine stand ... got a great deal on a NAPA geared stand ... a friend works for them and can get me his employee discount ... 40-50% off! So I'll be able to use NAPA for all tools and other common ordered parts (like mounts etc) in the future!

Radiator finished. Came out better than new. Mel at Ferndale Radiator is awesome! He is either finished or will be with the a/c condenser ... I'll have it next week.

Front clip is totally off the car. Amazed at how solid it all is.

Interior is out of car other than dash ... that'll be done this week.

Some moldings on outside of car (around doors and rear window) and the car will be ready to take off the frame for the frame to be sandblasted. I have a friend's rotisserie but will have to figure out how it mounts to the body! (Told you that I'm a total rookie lol)

Pictures of car as it is will be taken tomorrow during the day ...

While waiting for body to come off frame I'll start the following this week:

1. take tranny to get looked at
2. move further into my dash pad restorations (multiple pads for '65 and '66) which so far shows real good potential ... results so far on the '65 are great but have one or two things to iron out for outstanding show quality results ...

Once the rotisserie is figured out then I can take it off the frame ... call in the sandblaster ... start with the paint/primer ... and from that point on start the body work and rebuilding process ... I'm pretty excited to be honest ... I figure what's the worst than can happen? I screw it up? Do something twice? Oh well ... I've learned that there are much worse things to deal with in life so I'm just going to enjoy this adventure.

I'll get some pics tomorrow ...