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@jhm thanks John!! Yeah I fabricated the sway bar mounts over a year ago, before paint, so I’m glad to see they work as intended. They are tight! I mean… really tight 😂 zero play, and it responds immediately. Far cry from OEM in hindsight. yeah I got the set for $500 locally! I can’t afford all this race car stuff without getting it at steep used discounts. Now I need a set of wheel levelers, as my garage (aka, 1920’s cellar) is wildly uneven. I’ll get the fender and hood on, so I can take some more shots of it moving around. Really happy with the way it handles so far. I did string alignment, but I need to re-do it on a flat, level surface.

Got around to making some vinyl covers for the set I will be installing to match what I upholstered the rest of the interior in. They aren't perfect but they will do the job just fine. It was a decent bit of work to get them sewn up and glued on, painting them would have been much easier.

Just a photo dump update. Car is on the road. Just need a few loose ends and I’ll be off to a test & tune track day. - added too much rear track in my rear. Too much for the Datsun restomod STI CV shafts. Had a spacer made by send-cut-send w/ a centering pilot. Works great so far. Will eventually get longer length CV inner shaft made. - fuel cell bladder was giving off way too much fumes to be normal. Replaced the bladder…. Gosh they are expensive! - got a set of used Longacre scales for a great deal! - rigged up a way for the valve cover breather and block breather to dump into a single catch can. Can is ventilated back through the air cleaner of my forward SU. Floats are also vented to the air cleaner. - polycarb windshield is on. Works great, and almost looks like glass. I need some tips on keeping it scratch-free. - new fire bottle on the way (mine expired years ago). SFI cert 5-pt harness is in. Still need some time to adapt Greg Ira’s race seat into the car, but for now the cheap used corbeau seats are working. - IMG_2376.mov

First start up since starting the restoration. Kind of shocked she started right up on the first go. Was expecting something on the MegaJolt to need fixing, but it worked great. Went with Magnacor wires, but they made a mistake and did not fit them up with the right coil boots. Being remade and shipped, so I am using 05’ ford explorer NGK wires for now. Went with a “7” heat NGK plug on account of the 10:1 CR. It’s raining this weekend, but just need to dial-in some crude alignment and she will be road worthy IMG_2339.mov