Possible fly in - drive it home road trip.

[oletrux4evr]

Nice car Joel.

[BKBridges]

Damn that is a sweet ride. I can understand your trepidation. Looking forward to the smoky burnout report
BKB

[milner351]

For the love of numbers matching goodness - one of 17! WOW - that's one heck of a nice 401k plan you just bought!

WELL DONE!

[Hemi Joel]

Set the the lash to 0.030"

One thing about this Hemi is that it is SO quiet, there is none of the normal solid lifter valvetrain noise. So two things crossed my mind regarding that, but I didn't have time to pull a valve cover: maybe someone swapped in a juice cam; or maybe someone set the lash way too tight and an occasional non-seating intake valve could blow enuff compression back into the intake to cause the momentary hiccups.

[Hemi Joel]

if its in the Austin area, I would like to come up and photograph the car before you head home with it

Its in Dallas, but you are welcome to come and meet me when I go get it.

[Hemi Joel]

Originally Posted by Racingcritters
Need a trunk monkey?

LMAO! That was great.

Joel, don't forget to take lots of pictures on your trip!

See picture, above - the trunk is big enuff for a whole heard of monkys.

Did you notice that the top is blue?

[Hemi Joel]

Tip: never try to get thru airport securitywith a fuel pump, a bag full of wires and alligator clips, electric tape, and an assortment of small pliers, wrenches and screw drivers. I didn''t want to mess with checking a bag, so I carried it all on the plane. By the time they got done with me, I felt like I needed a cigarette, and I don't even smoke.
The good news is that they let me in the plane, but the bad news is that they said I have a polyp.

[squirrel]

I tried to warn you.....

[TheSilverBuick]

Tip: never try to get thru airport securitywith a fuel pump, a bag full of wires and alligator clips, electric tape, and an assortment of small pliers, wrenches and screw drivers. I didn''t want to mess with checking a bag, so I carried it all on the plane. By the time they got done with me, I felt like I needed a cigarette, and I don't even smoke.
The good news is that they let me in the plane, but the bad news is that they said I have a polyp.

[Huskinhano]

Holy shit Joel! That truly is a once in a life time opportunity, Wow. I'm happy for you.

[Silver68RT]

Awesome car, congratulations! There's something magical about that combination of a 426 hemi and a convertible. It was an article on a '71 hemicuda convertible in Musclecar Review that really sparked my interest in muscle cars when I was 16. I'd love to have anything with a 426 hemi in it.

[SpiderGearsMan]

I carried a delco 75 60 battery on the train from white plains to east hampton , walking from grand central to penn station