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Success! Fired it up and now I have excellent oil pressure. In fact, out of all my cars/trucks, this one is the best! Go figure. With engine at full operating temperature and off fast idle, it’s getting over 40 pounds of pressure. A little rev and it goes up to near 70 hot.

I spent the rest of the day hooking up the items I left go like driveshaft, speedometer cable, shifter, etc. Next day (today) I finished up the brake lines and bled the system. It was now finally time to take the “maiden voyage” around my yard/lot with old Vic the tow truck.

Engine runs really good now and sounds terrific! Just hit the key and it comes to life. Rides like a tank with no weight on the back due to all those leaf springs but that will change soon enough. Next thing on my list is to get started on the box. Lots of cutting, grinding and welding in my future! A lot of the box will be replaced piece by piece, doing away with the bad and keeping the good.