"progress"

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

On Fri, 28 Jan 2005, JOE FULTON wrote:

> You'll help keep the list alive by posting some more
> great progress on your Hornet.  Is it drying out in LA
> yet?

It rained the day 'fore, and today! Grumble. My work space is
outside. I hope to put concrete under and a roof over this summer.

No progress on the www, nor in assembly, but moooving along OK
gathering parts.

I sold a bunch of lab equipment on ePay and am buying goodies.
Since November I've got:

* 250 hp six I got from Mark Rippe (1982)
* valve cover, oil pan from AJ (thanks! box arrived, haven't opened yet)
* T150 with overdrive, bellhousing, flywheel, shim, yoke from
  Amer. Parts Depo (see separate story)
* engine stand

I hope to buy a hoist this weekend. Tired of renting them, and I
have a place to store it now.

(The old 232 I got from you (Joe F.) is in the car now; that will
come out, get oiled down for storage, and become the rebuilder for
either the 72 Hornet or the 63 Classic. )

Our tenants are total packrats, took $200 of hauling to get the
crap (rain soaked) out of the side driveway so's I can turn the
hornet around to install the new motor. It's gotta be dry too. I
assume it will eventually stop raining here. At least it's not S.
Mass. where my parents are, 32" snow at the beach.

Slow, but moving. Once the engine is in, I have a lot of trivia
but it's the kind that just takes hours and can be done an
afternoon at a time.



Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>