Maybe next weekend I'll get a chance to blast - I just need to find enough time to get it all done at once and then drop it off for powder coat. Tech tip: Barrington Motor Work's /2 restoration book has section on what parts should be matte black and which gloss - one of the best x- mas presents ever.
I dropped off my 74 r90/6 engine and tranny withTom Cutter at Rubber Chicken Racing in Yardly Pa. In that I know nothing about the engine that came with this project and that the '74 had inherent problems, I wanted someone who knew their business to go through it. I may have bitten off a bit too much but we'll see. Tom has promised me basically a brand new engine - better than stock. I just know it won't be cheap. But, the money I get from the Rabbit should cover it, plus, he's been cool enough to let me come over and do some of the grunt cleaning and polishing work to save some cash.
In the dog house is Tom Epperson frrom Epco mufflers. I ordered conversion headers two and a half years ago and have seen nothing. I didn't actually pay for them until September 2013 (at which time I added a set of mufflers too) - to the tune of $1,000. Through last November, I've talked to Tom at least a dozen times and it was always: "oh, I'm looking at them, they'll be sent out in a couple days" - I hate that kind of bullshit. However, now that I've paid, I can't even raise him on the phone. Tomorrow, I'll be talking to the credit card company to see if I can reverse the charges. I really don't want to lose the $1,000.
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