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Looks great, man! Love the color and glad you did the whole car the same color

I got the new old 377 cleaned up over the weekend, with new performer rpm intake manifold, new comp cams timing cover, and new milodon oil pan installed. Before: During: After a lot of gunk, brake cleaner, carb cleaner, mag wheel cleaner, gasket remover, and elbow grease: I also finished laying out the wiring in the engine compartment and wired in my relay kit for the 200-4r. I also installed the quarter windows and new door handles. The engine and transmission will be installed this weekend, but still a lot more to do (finish the dash, install brake/driving/headlights, driveshaft, exhaust, etc). This feels like the home stretch. And I want to drive her...

I got the car back to Paul's place on Saturday (01/22) after the wetsanding and buffing was completed. The car looks great: Dealing with the windshield was again a pain, but Dickey and I were able to get it back in the car without too much trouble. I will agree with others here that the Nissan windshield and rear decklid glass seals are definitely better than the cheap aftermarket ones. They're more expensive, but they fit the car (and the trim) better. Dickey is still working on the front air dam and rear spoiler. He had them painted, but said that he didn't like how they turned out. He sanded them back down and is repainting them this week. He's also redoing the three tail light panels. I should be getting those pieces back tomorrow. I've been working on my dash and gauges during the week. The one that was in the car looked terrible: Crack party... that some previous owner tried to "fix": I was thinking about repairing the pad as some have done here, but ran across a 280 dash with no cracks and decided that was a better way to go. The new dash has a perfect pad on it, but the frame underneath had some cancer on one side. Luckily the frame from my 260 dash was in great shape, so I put the good 280 pad on the good 260 frame. An added bonus is that I didn't have to mess with the vin number since I kept the dash frame that was originally in the car. I've got my new Autometer guages mounted in the original datsun gauge housings. This is a simple process that I also did on my 240. Remove guts... cut the back of the metal housing off, and mount the gauge. The oil pressure and water temperature gauges I bought are mechanical, so the factory straps that hold the gauges won't work. I need to decide how to mount them in the dash. Mounting was a little easier in my 240, but this will probably just require a simple bracket to go from the bottom of the gauge housing to the dash frame. I still need to get a fuel level gauge. Tomorrow the sportmaxx wheels go back on the car (for now... I still need tires for the new wheels I have) and the new old 377 gets cleaned up.

Thanks! There's some pretty good pics of the JTR mounts on post 20 of this thread. I'll get some shots of Paul's mounts so you can see the difference. It'll be a few more weeks before the motor goes in the car.