Thank you very much everyone!
Joker -
I wasn't planning on bringing it to Arlington, but I have registered for the Goodsuys event at Texas Motor Speedway the following weekend. I might bring it to Arlington.
J Lucas -
I didn't do any body work on this round. The body still looks pretty good. I bought the truck in December, 1978 and this update was only one of many up dates, however, this was the most extensive mechanical update.
InMy40s -
I dumped the Offenhauser intake for several reasons.
The Offenhauser has two bosses cast into the front of it for mounting an oil filter and because the front of the truck's engine compartment narrows quite a bit at the front, there was not enough room to mount the oil filter on those bosses. I didn't like the bosses just being there and I didn't want to cut or grind them off.
Offenhauser's are still being made and I wanted a vintage intake. I actually wanted a Thickston or a Sharp, but have not been able to find one yet.
Offenhausers don't offer a tab and hole set up for a rod to build linkage off of and I wanted that feature.
I built the engine this time with a different vintage item at each "show" spot. I have twin Edmounds oil bath air cleaners, an Edelbrock intake, a Sharp valve cover, an Offenhauser side cover (that was my Offenhauser spot) and Fenton headers with exhaust heat to the intake.
Barry Weeks -
You are very kind. It looks nice, but I still see room for improvement. Thank you!
I will be taking pics this week and will be posting them on my web site.
Again - thanks to everyone who has helped me!!
Joe
