72 duster Build progress

Sorry guys...no pictures yet but i will have some tomorrow....I have been working on it all day and forgot to take pictures.....cleaned and prepped the oil pan for paint,cleaned and prepped and painted the timing cover and water pump and heads and I had to run to the parts store and buy a valve spring compressor because mine got lost? and I also put on order a new timing set while I was there and I picked up some thread locker for my thrustp late bolts and my oil pump cap bolts and some other ones.

Popped all my valves out and lapped them and checked valve guides and I installed new valve seals and put them all back togeather and seated them in.

I think I will have the engine fully assembled by tomorrow night and then saturday i am going to prep the engine bay and prime it and paint it so by saturday or sunday the engine bay should be painted and then I can focus on setting the engine down into place.

so thats where the progress stands as of now!.

I want to say sorry to everyone lol I know I type alot but I like to describe things aswell as I can and once I start hunting and pecking I get on a roll lol.
,Thanks for all the kind words every....keep the comments and suggestions coming!