Broke as a joke

There was just enough money in the budget to allow for the purchase of a set of keys and springs direct from Paul Cangialosi to build out the transmission sliders and hubs. These sell out like hotcakes, but he was nice enough to help me out and send a set along. What a super nice guy.

After that, the small 1/4-20 bolts that attach all the ignition shielding to the block and heads were electroplated. There is one missing, but reproductions are available.

It might seem silly to worry about saving these, but these have unique markings and are very visible under the hood, so it was important to get these able to be reused.

My father would roll his eyes at saving rusty bolts, but the little things matter in this sort of work. Honestly, this might actually be one of the big things when all is said and done.

Once you see how this goes together on the engine and how showy this set of parts are, you'll see what I mean.