Well we have finally begun work on the 72 again after a long hiatus. I have started the tedius and expensive task of amassing parts. We now have the OAI hood and accys, reworked "5" heads, engine gasket set, bearings, Performer intake, carb kit, block, crank, pistons. Hopefully we will have some new pics posted soon.

    On the weekend of Oct 7-8, 2000 we pulled the motor out for a re-build. As things would have it, it has turned into a multi year project. I have changed plans a few times along the way as well. To see a complete list of the changes to be made to the car, scroll down to the bottom of the page.

     A new paint job will soon follow. We have decided on repainting the car back to it's original white color. With deep metallic purple stripes on the hood. The SSIII's will be painted to match, although 15" X 10" & 15" X 8" Cragar Pro Star wheels w/ 295-50-15 rear, and 265-50-15 front, may also be used on the car.

     There is a lot of work to be done, but the car is amazingly complete and intact considering.

     The car was smoking profusely the whole way home. We made the mistake of shutting it off at a gas station, with a large thunder storm right behind us. Needless to say it took about fifteen minutes to jump start the car.

     The first few things I did after getting it home was to replace the passenger side quarter window (broken, and just happen to have a spare lying around) and to put the drivers door window back on the track. We have replaced all the lug nuts with chrome acorn style ones (I know, I know, big mod huh?) and replaced the missing center caps.