['63GENIII]

Thanks Zane. Well I hit a bit of a crossroads this morning. It was dark last night when I got the 396 out so I didn't look around the engine compartment too much. Drinking my coffee and assessing the engine compartment this morning, I realized that I really do need to clean it up right (or as best as I can do) before dropping the L29 in. Im pretty sure that the exhaust manifolds aren't going to line up with the old down pipes, the core support is rusted at the mounting points and collapsing, my brake lines are sketchy at best and after looking at the "Show Us Your Engine Compartments" thread, well I got a little overwhelmed looking at mine.

Im thinking of towing the truck out of the garage into the driveway to give it a real good cleaning and figure out how to approach it. Ill probably rattle can the whole EC as I don't have the knowledge to use the good paint to shoot it with.

Ill put up some more pics later tonight but its got me pretty bummed. I just need to motivate and get this unforeseen issue out of the way so I can get it running again.