Score!

My wife agrees that we have spent enough on her car. Now its time for mine. A new transmission by spring is in the works. It will be tops of and engine roaring by summer.

This weekend

I got to visit her this weekend. The coat of dust was depressing. Can't wait for the snow to melt.

Tax season

Looks like Uncle Sam will be good to me this year. I should have my transmission by spring. Now I just need a better carb. The old Quadra Jet is leaking air like mad. They were ok when they were new, but you can only rebuild them for so long.

I've found someone who can build me a 700R4 transmission for a reasonable price. Unfortunately I have to pull the old transmission out myself. Not impossible, but its awful cold around here without heat in the garage. I suppose if I don't do it soon, I won't have it ready for summer. There's still lots of work to do before she goes to the paint booth, but the factory paint could last another year. I only get a couple of months of good weather to take the tops off, and I don't want to miss them.

Status

She'll be sitting in my sister-in-law's garage for the winter. This car has never seen the road in the winter so I'm not about to start now. She needs a new transmission among other things so I'm trying to save up for something decent. I replaced the stock 305 with a 350 a couple of years back, and I should have done the transmission at the same time. I got her at an auction in 1999 in Fort Hood Texas. Paid three hundred dollars and drove away happy. She ran until 2005 when when the old 305 got tired. I hope to bring her back to her full glory in the next few years.

1st time here

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