Not Fast, just "Less Slow"

So a couple weekends ago I got over to where the car is located 30 miles away and spent some time getting things done.

We transferred the engine from the stand to the engine hoist, AKA Cherry Picker. It's been about a year since we had used the CP but just scoping things out I extended the boom to make sure it would reach into the engine bay.

Installed my new passenger side engine mount from Classic Industries. It was out of stock at EVERY other place I checked. Installed the flywheel, new clutch, bellhousing with the clutch lever and new throw-out bearing.

Ever have those feelings where everything seems to be going TOO smoothly??
Well, that was me...I was torquing the clutch cover screws while it was suspended from the chain when CRASH! The CP flipped forward and the engine hit the garage floor from about 3 feet. Then it rolled over on it's side breaking the casting on my new fuel pump and breaking the new distributor cap and rotor. I surveyed the damage and realized right away that we were supposed to extend the legs of the cherry picker so the boom was not out past the casters on the legs. DOH!

I said something like, "Well, things DID seem to be going too smoothly." Jason looked at me and said, "How can you be so calm? If that had happened to me I'd be throwing things, swearing, the whole bit."
"A few cheap things broke, it put a big dent in the oil pan and ruined my perfect paint job, but nobody got hurt."

I needed to move the car ASAP and this was another delay and my plan that day was to install the drivetrain to make everything easier to move in one piece instead of moving the engine, trans, etc. separately.

So I had two choices.
1. Put the engine in the car as is, including the trans, knowing that I'd have to remove the pan later to straighten it and check for internal damage, like the oil pickup.
2. Remove the pan and come back another day.
So I took the pan off while it was still on the chain, straightened a slightly bent front cover, shot a little engine paint, and went home.
I was getting cold anyway in the mid-30's temp.