Finally the engine is installed and running. It took a coupe of hours to get the engine in. I had to remove the engine mounts from the block and also I had to remove the sway-bar. The pan was hitting the sway-bar and the mounts where catching up on the lower mounts. I ended up having to make my own clutch linkage because so many of the parts are hard to get. I used some 1/2" rod with race car type ball joints on the ends for both the upper and lower linkages.
A couple more views of the engine. The first 30 Min run was done with just the headers dumping out under the car. When I fired her up, the ground shook and there was a large plume of installation lube smoke. After it cooled down, I changed the oil and checked it over. I had a oil pressure gage hooked up at the block becaue I did not know if the one in the car was accuarate or even worked at all. I made a oil pump primer by welding a 6" lenght of 3/8 rod to the end of a 1/4 drive, deep 1/4" socket. I removed the distributor and slipped the tool over the pump drive shaft and gave it a spin. As soon as the gage showed some pressure, I reinstalled the distributor and started the engine. I put some 2 1/2" straight thru tractor mufflers on the end of the headers to cut the sound level a bit. I have the tail pipes and tips, but just need the mufflers and H pipe to complete the exhaust.
I also got the install kit from Hurst to complete the shifter. I had to cut the shifter plate to fit the shifter because this was off a automatic car. I will have to get one made because the 4 speed ones are very rare and are not made in reproduction as of yet. After everything was in I fired it up and took a couple of spins around the block. It runs great, but it is hard to hear if there are any wierd sounds because the exhaust, it still way to loud. It was realy great to finally drive the car, I thought I would never see the day! I will get the exhaust and some small other bits done before I get it certified in the spring.