[wixthedog]

Progress was made and I'm pretty happy with how things are going. At this rate I should be cruising by the weekend...maybe.

Got the two coats of clear on the firewall and it turned out great, for a firewall. Not exactly fender or door skin quality but that's ok by me.

Got the OEM oil pan bolted up to the one piece Fel-Pro gasket and the only thing the bottom end is lacking is the oil filter adapter! I can't find it anywhere and I've looked long enough. Melling makes them and the local parts store can order them, the hard part is finding the right bolts as usual.

Top end has heads, lifters, and rockers now! Valve lash was set to zero plus half a turn. I am pretty heavy with my zero usually so a half turn usually works out well for me.

An old acquaintance whom I cannot recall needed my oil primer tool more than I so I made a new one from an old HEI distributor. Tomorrow I will go ahead and splash oil and prime it up before I put the manifold on. Then its paint frame and start buttoning up!