Finally was able (time and logistics) to spend some time getting it running; tailgate carb rebuild and some tinkering and it came to life after 24 years. Not a mosquito alive for ten miles for the first few minutes! Hauled it back across the mountains (and over Marias Pass) to where I live. Now it begins: mild 350 I had lying around, Tremec, 4wdb, wiring, some sort of an interior, and fix the Fred Flinstone floors.
