Leaderboard

Not a lot changed in the attached photos but some things did get done. The big bracket on the front is now bolted on with loctite. I did replace the water pump although it took three different FLAPS to find one in stock. It was a good time to add the oil pickup and new oil pan. I have all the pan bolts from the s/c donor but of course the thread size was changed to 1/4” vs 5/16” at some point so I wound up getting socket head screws with washers to install the pan. Not really a big issue, just wasted time. Much of the rest of the time was spent cleaning parts to be reused. The valve covers look pretty good but not perfect by any means. I do not want to paint them and I want to use the ones from the donor because they do not have a grommet hole for the external vent for pvc system. I will recondition the bearings in the idlers and tensioners to get things mocked up but I decided to order new ones as well for $25.

Charleston,SC 3/4/ 2022- 300 miles round trip -averaged 25 MPG

Nice photos. I love Charleston. Hottest place I've ever been. 🙂 Stayed a week on Isle of Palms across the bridge from Charleston. We love Savannah too. Been to both several times. We vacation almost every year at Hilton Head Island. Charleston and Savannah are convenient side trips for us. Never drove my Reatta there.

And in my neck of the woods, we only got a dusting at the tail end of 1" of rain.

We get that up here every so often. We call it "Thunder snow".

You just never know what to expect from Tennessee weather. We had highs in the upper 60s all last week, including yesterday. I thought spring had arrived. I woke up at 4:30 this morning to lightening flashes and claps of thunder. Looked out the window and saw blowing snow. I've never experienced that before. Now we have 2" of snow on the grass and nothing on the streets. Weird.