Just need to put together a short stick lower and she's done. This "63 850 had it's powerhead removed (decapitated?) and installed on the Seafair Sunliner earlier this summer, (after the 'round Fidalgo' escapade!) I reinstalled a "62 1000 powerhead that I got with a busted up tower (showed good, even compression). Someone had already repainted the tower and the top, so I just had to touch it up. I like the look of the earlier 800 cowl wraps. I had one with a rattle can black paint job on it. I used paint stripper to remove the paint down to the merc paint (I knew from previous attemts that the merc paint would be un touched by it.) Put it all together (set the points and all that) and crowned it with one of those numberless faceplates (I'll paint some numbers on it soon). Not sure what it's going on, but there's a few candidates around here! Gotta keep busy. Ive been collecting stuff, so now that the rainy season is here, I have the time to piece some motors together. To me it's very relaxing after a hard day at my paying job!

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