[Elliot949]

Well not much has happened since I got the truck back from Chris Carlson's Hot Rods... My Wife had surgery the first of December so I have been doing most all of the work for the business plus taking care of cooking, cleaning and the basic House duties... Plus it has just been colder than all get out and not having "heat" in the garage is makes in uncomfortable to work in it...

I have managed to get a little bit of the trim holes started... I am going to the Starbird-Devlin Car Show tonight and with the temps tomorrow to be in the high 50's Tomorrow and Sunday I am hoping to be able to get alot done on her this weekend...

I have actually retained who I am going to use to build the engine for the truck... Patterson Racing in Augusta, Ks. is going to do my little 327 for me... I have known Alan Patterson for the better part of 30 plus years.. He has just recently (in the last 10 years) started building Street Motors... Alan is about the best in the Midwest with Mouse motors so I am stoked that he has agreed to build this for me... Once the motor is built it will be Dyno'd and dialed in with the 3 deuces to make the most power and fuel efficiency as possible... He will also give me the specs for the Turbo 400 that I am putting behind it...

Patterson is not going to be a inexpensive venture... I am planning to have somewhere in the neighborhood of 5-7000.00 in this motor when done... I will know exactly once I get the engine to him for cleanup, tear down, inspection, magna fluxing and the parts list made...

Alan is one of those guys that is not a personable person but between him and Todd ( his son) they are really talented...

well that is the lame update for now...

See ya tonight Lo Elco...