Any time I get dead ended in a repair-by-the-manual "specialty tool required" scenario, I get to work on either finding another way to skin that cat, or go to work making my own specialty tool (in my Jed Clampett shop at the Old Haney Place). To me, that is the most rewarding aspect of working on old stuff.
Carl

1952 5-window - return to "as built" condition | 1950 3100 with a 235 and a T-5 transmission