[tristan]

Engine re-assembly is now well along. I located and purchased a replacement intake manifold on EBay. The shop replaced all of the engine's gaskets and seals while it was disassembled. It has excellent compression, oil pressure and vacuum so it didn't need further teardown and rebuild. The rusty exhaust manifolds were sandblasted and coated with a high-temp POR product.

The rolling frame and suspension is off-site being sandblasted and is expected back next week. Once it has been POR'd then major re-assembly will begin. I have purchased all new brake and fuel lines, an NOS fan shroud and new AC condenser just this week. Progress is picking up.