Thanks guys, and thanks Bill for the info on the Radirs. I think for now because of short time and a fair amount of money I have to spend on other stuff to get the car done, I am going to forego the slicks for the time being. In fact, Dan just gave me a great suggestion tonight that will free up about $ 600 to $700 bucks. I was going to order new tires from Coker tomorrow, 5:60 x 15's for the front and 8:20 x 15 for the back. But he reminded me I have exactly those same tires brand new sitting on the 29 rpu, and by the time I get around to doing that car the tires would have some shop wear on them. So I am going to have them dismounted from the rims they are on and remounted and balanced on the rims I am having powder coated right now. I can use that money toward the Scat crank, rods, and pistons I need to put the engine together.
I also had a real scare tonight. I mounted my headlight bar and put a couple of Dietz headlights on it to see how they looked. Then I decided to put my 32 grille shell on it to get the full effect............except I couldn't FIND the grille shell!
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We searched the entire shop for an hour, and retraced our steps and checked and rechecked, still no grille shell and insert. I was getting sick because the shell is chopped 8 1/2 inches and I had to send it to Dan Fink in California about 20 years ago to have a custom made insert built for it. The insert was $ 600 way back then, and at todays prices it would stop my project cold for a while. Finally Dan climbed up on a set of shelves that are about 10 feet off the floor and there it was.
![Big grin :D :D](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
For some reason we put it up there for safe keeping and forgot we had done that.
So tonight I am going to sleep a little better than I would have, worrying about what I did with that grille. Oh, and I got my front brakes all rebuilt tonight. Just have to paint the drums and they will be all wrapped up.
Don