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February 5, 2005: It's alive!
Again. After a bit of puttering and some spilt coolant (whoops, forgot about that little cap that's supposed to go on the back of the engine) I fired up the engine. It's a happy little unit, idling smoothly and quietly with solid oil pressure. Phew! I've driven the car around a bit and seated the rings. Boy, does it feel good to drive this car again. There are still a number of things that need to be done to get it into shape for Pueblo but right now I'm just happy to have it running around. The weather even cooperated with a warm sunny day.

If you look at the photos you'll notice I've painted the exhaust black. The silver never really worked well visually because it matched the bodywork too well. It also picked up all the dirt thrown by the front wheel and the slight leaks on the slip-on collector left black smears all over. So now it matches the wheels and the black hides the carbon. I'm quite happy with how it looks. With all that done, it's time to go skiing for a few days.

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