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The next morning took off charger … 3 hrs later Dead as a door nail … pulled battery

Today I tidied up and re-soldered my tail light wiring. A previous owner had made a huge spaghetti mess back there and there were about 20 wires attached to the harnesses that went nowhere. A few even doubled right back to themselves. No idea why...

I hate doing electrical stuff but I'm glad it's finally done so I can finish the insulation in the back corners and put my walls up.

Well I went and picked up the 78 Chevy beauville this past Saturday and brought it to the shop. Started on it 5:30 am Sunday morning, all it needs is head gasket?? Fired it up has 70psi cold oil pressure got it inside and tore it down. Left head gasket was blown between 3 and 5, top of the motor looked awesome.. finished up before midnight fired it up and the motherloving rods are knocking..what a kick to the mid section.

Dang, that sucks. Beautiful Beauville though, I love the color and all the trim. Someone seems to have taken care of the motor with that coating on the lifter valley, I wonder what happened to it. Hope you are able to sort it out.

What sucks is it is a 4 bolt main which is what came in it but it has center bolt late model swirl port heads, someone was giving it more pop. I will fix it because I want my brother to enjoy vanning. $700 I couldn't pass it up. I tore down motor today..not bad spun #3

What a what cool save … you so lucky to have shop to do these things.... so jealous !

Not today, but in the last week or so I removed the amber fog lights, added a chin spoiler, getting ready to upgrade the stereo that was in it to a Bluetooth only set up ( Bluetooth receiver to amp, to speakers. (No head unit per say, just my phone with Sirius app, YouTube, Pandora and downloaded music). Picked out what wheels (American Racing 23s) and tires (Cooper Cobra GTs in 235/70/15 front and 275/60/15 rear) I want on it some day and planned a few other things like that.

Working on the engine swap. Daughters and I are having a great time. Almost done yanking the old one.

Ran some duals on my brothers new 78 g20, will be changing the engine just like kursed..