It seems there are always other priorities to suck me away from working on "Stella". Yep, I named her. Broken stuff on the daily drivers and then my tractor quit starting. Since I want to procure a larger compressor for body work on Stella, I need that front loader to move it 400 feet from the street to my garage.

I got the Kubota running again but doing more while its in the garage.

The time I did get with Stella, I spent soaking down bolts with penetrant and trying to grow a third arm. Getting the rear fender bolts out without help is real slow. My arms aren't quite long enough.

Still struggling with what to do about a power plant for the ole girl. I decided to pull the heads off the 70's era 350 that came home with her and see how bad it all looks.


1958 Chevy Apache - "Stella"
"Start to finish w/upgrades"

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