same ol' same ol' worked on the car for a while this weekend and got the carbs swapped out. It took much longer than i expected but i had several setbacks. The first, had the carbs on the wrong side... The second, trapped the throttle cable in between the engine and the trans. The third swapped the tubes on the fuel pump... All dumb mistakes but two of the three happened after midnight on Saturday so... chalk it up to sleepy wrenching.

I still have a good deal of work to do...

adjust the linkage
adjust the timing
adjust the points and valves
adjust the idle and carbs
mount the bumpers and lights
re-wire the stop light
make a "jump start" switch, so i can crank the car from the engine compartment... yea i know, a good idea.
wiring, lots of wiring.... for the gauges, for the brake lights and other bits.

After i finish/ get the bus to where i think it's good enough to start driving/ trouble shooting it will be time to do some light body work and then give it the first coat of paint.

realistically the mechanical stuff will take a while... which sucks. But then again that's the fun. I can't wait to take it for a spin, it sounded great...wonder if that translated to "performance."

Christmas will bring two long weekends in a row; by 2008 i'll be cruising in style.

-Got melissas Christmas present today, it's bad ass.