Since it took the engine shop over a year to complete the Carryall engine, a guy I know asked me if I needed an engine rebuilt. I thought sure. It would be good to get a jump start on the next project. Then I ended up having him do three for me. All these are T215's that I had. Two other engines the blocks were cracked beyond repair. He was able to stitch two of these together and save them. Not sure what's going in what yet, but being the planner I planned ahead:
Also, have kept busy with cleaning parts for the Carryall. Lots of little pieces to be cleaned and painted. I received the fasteners for the firewall pad and installed that this weekend. Felt great to actually start installing items on the body.
Now I need to get the body back on the chassis before I add too much and can't get it back on the chassis by myself. Would be nice to install the windows in the window boxes while the body is still on the rotisserie, but that would add too much weight, so will need to do that after installed on the chassis.
Now thinking of the electrical component installations. Not my strong suit. Mildly stressed just thinking about it:
Firewall pad installed:
Now installing the small items:
A little body work on the nose piece:
A lot of the correct bolts were missing. Plus a lot were rusted beyond reuse. Pulled out some of my Dodge WC bolt collection and decided to just blast a bunch of them to be used later if needed:
Nose piece getting some Gillespie or Ron's OD paint. I alternate about 50% between the two brands. Body could be one brand with hood and fenders the other. Can't tell the difference between the two. When they say 33070 on the can, it's 33070:
Hope to start assembling all of the grill components soon now that they are painted.