I am pulling the engine, separating the transmission for rebuild and I will mount the engine on the stand and pull the headers to go to ceramic coating, and the Valve covers, valley cover, front timing cover and the oil pan for medium blasting before I prime and paint the entire engine after I clean, grind and sand the block, heads etc. When every thing is clean and painted I will add new fuel pump, water pump, gaskets, spark plugs, distributor, plug wires and the rebuilt carburetor when it arrives later in April.
When the transmission is ready I will paint and mount it with the body off so I can mount the radiator, run transmission lines, brake lines and order a drive shaft.
I can then set the timing and rig a temp fuel tank to see if the beast will run again after 20 years of waiting.
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