Don't you love the time when you order all the parts for your restoration and they finally show up? It's definitely my favourite part of a build and one I save for the time I have to block sand the car - just to get me excited and past the drudgery of sanding primer!

Weeeeeeeeee!

Right on E-Tek! +1 for Christmas in April. That is a ton of stuff you got there, looks like a lot of smalls too which as we all know, the devil is in the details.

I remember those days when the "Large" orders were rolling in. Now it's small detailing or hard to find items left to scavenge hunt for. Looks like you have some fun ahead of you there.

The only bit that didn't show yet was the seat upholstery - soon I guess - not that I'll need it for a year or so! Allso, I got the cut pile carpet, but there was a choice of loop as well - maybe I should have gone with that - more original. I was just afraid of it fraying.

Edited April 30, 201311 yr by e-tek

Cleaned up and re-installed the head today -

After utilizing all these tools to clean the surfaces I went over the head and block surface with a hard block and 220 paper -

I couldn't believe what happened next: as I went to blow the junk off and out off the heads orifices, a good amount of OLD GAS came out of the three valve pockets whose intake valves were closed. This is a car that has sat for 15 years, before being torn apart and being apart, for another 3 years! It certainly shows some very WELL-SEALED valves!!

A little oil squirted into each cylinder to guard against a dry start...

A little sealant at the front cover joints -

and the new gasket -

Torquing it down -

Looking better!

A friend of mine dropped off this Kleen Flo parts bucket he wasn't using, so I threw the SU's in there before their rebuild - Thanks Trent!

Oops - wrong thread.

Edited May 5, 201311 yr by e-tek