Scampin!!!!!!

Well I haven't had much time to update this thread Ive been getting killed with overtime lately. The car is driving now. It definitely puts a smile on my face now cruising down the streets. She turns heads everywhere I go. The motor ran great for at first then I had a sudden drop in oil pressure.....It turns out the bolts for the bottom of the fuel pump started to back out and the shaft wasn't turning the gear so I lost pressure. I killed the engine right away and luckily the bolts only backed out, not that they got tossed around in the rotating assembly.

So after I lost pressure we put the pump back in and she ran good. Then I had a ticking on the top end of the motor I pull the valve cover and find out that I had a collapsed lifter, no big deal you would think. I would buy brand new lifters swap them all out and then no problem. So I bought brand new lifters and pushrods but learned to discover the cam was now wiped out. Luckily I happened to have a brand new cam laying around for a smallblock so we tossed it in and now the motor runs flawlessly. I can now see why everyone loves 340's :) I still have yet to paint the hood and put it on, but I guess that's a good thing because I cant find my hood hinges.

My only other problem now is I think the trans is on her way out. 4th gear is a little noisy and the transition from the clutch thrown in to pulling out in 1st there's a really bad vibration but then she's fine once you get above 5 mph.

Heres a pic someone snapped of me when pulling into a local show. Hope you enjoy