Hey guys.....I'm baaaacccccckkkk!

["Timothy O'Connell" <toconnel@xxxxxxx>]

Dang I missed you guys!!! Especially YOU Gwen....how¹s Little Car? I still
got your dash shot as my desktop picture.  Can you believe it¹s been 2
years?  I joined a computer users list for awhile but not only was I
completely bored with their rhetoric....and they weren¹t nearly as much fun
as you guys.

The last two years has been crazy...the wife decided that after 15 years she
didn¹t want to be a wife OR a Mom...so I¹m now raising my 5 year old on my
own.  He¹s the best....I wouldn¹t trade him for the world.

Well...my baby is pretty much done.  Total bill (added up over the last 10
years).....drum roll please.....$32k.  Yes, yes...I know...I¹m insane!
But...she¹s absolutely gorgeous.  The final step was the engine....the
original 297 is now sitting in my garage...I opted to bump it up to the
327...rebuilt, balanced and blueprinted....hums like a kitten.  Side
note...if anyone plans on doing this to a Classic 8 with the 297 make sure
you rebuild the trans to accommodate the 327 horse power.  I¹m also proud to
report that I think I got the last retro-kit for the drive shaft on the
planet.  The vibration is gone and it worked like a charm....but it was
reaaaalllly hard to find the kit.  I think the thing I¹m most proud of is
there¹s not a thing on it that¹s not original 63 Classic 660...everything¹s
either NOS or reconditioned from the original or a bone yard.  My Dad was
blown away....he couldn¹t believe it when he saw it....it looks like the day
he drove it off the lot in October of ?63.

Anyway, the photos are a little dated...I¹ll be taking the final set this
weekend and posting them to the web-site.  You can see my baby at:

homepage.mac.com/toconnel/PhotoAlbum13.html

If you wait ?till Monday...I¹ll have the new shots posted as well.

Well....it¹s great to be back.  Thanks for having me....I really did miss
you crazy people!

Tim O¹Connell
1963 Rambler V8 Classic 660
Gilbert, AZ