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The head i broke was the same specs as this one, built to Paul’s specs. It has an n21 in it. 10.5:1.

Clean, again. At least underneath. I put the subframe and steering components back in, but didn't reconnect the steering shaft. Thinking this setup would let me move the car around. That was dumb, because now the car is basically stuck were you see it because the dolly wheels sink in...

Who amongst you *doesn't* have a steering box fort? Vlad is getting the blue-label, M635Csi, 3.0 turn-to-turn box that I, apparently, bought as a reman. Oh, for a memory that was worth a darn.

Luck: When opportunity meets preparation. Bottom end seems fine. I am going to carefully clean off the piston tops to make double sure though. Not quite sure how all the rockers aren't broken. Until I get an "iron maiden" spring compressor (one inbound), I can't really...

The trusty cradle was with a friend in Seattle. He finally shipped it back to me. Still works great. Yep, rear main seal is done. The input side of the ****** is fine, but the ****** is still toast. I would never admit my mistakes. Especially when I try to transfer the engine to...

Hosted graduation party at Gruntled. The space works wonderfully for these kinds of things. And Nuzumi continues to be a great bar cart.

I go my Nytop wheels for Inigo. I think this rig looks damn good now. Very happy with how it performs too.

The chassis has only the driveshaft remaining to be installed. The engine/****** is in place. The hardlines are mounted. The parking brake. I re-wrapped the wiring harness (using my favorite F4 tape) and restored the reverse lights. Test fit all the lines. [/url

Meanwhile another Gruntled get-together happened. This beauty showed up. And I went to New Zealand and hung with my buddy who has a collection of Volvos... they are building a "Classic Volvo for hire" company called The Rolling Swedes. They have a dozen or so cars including several STRETCH...

The engine... I really didn't want to pull the head. I was certain I could get the timing cover on without damaging the head gasket. I was wrong. I'm now really glad I did. When I pulled the head bolts they were REALLY tight. And there was coolant in at least 3 of the head bolt holes. Ugh...

More on the body work... Body is mounted on the rotisserie and we're frantically cleaning/sanding in prep for paint. Really glad I invested in the rotisserie!