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Monday -- reassemble water pump into the Coronet, assemble Demon's engine/transmission, start clean up the shop by sorting all of the new bolts/nuts/hardware thrown in any cubby instead of the one they're labeled for, and put back two months of parts and tools never returned to stock, front garage, trailer, etc.
Tuesday stab the engine and trans into the Demon and take everything out of the workroom to clean the benches and wash the floor
Yesterday (Dallas was in court all morning for a speeding ticket), burp the air bubble out of Coronet with MityVac (a new must tool for cars that has cooling system bubble problems), finish the Coronet and put on the rack to clean underside and replace shock this weekend, everything under the Demon hooked up and adjusted and the headers.
The shop is all clean and organized again (it was a mess from some little dipchit grinding in there (filling the room with opily metal filings) before sent packing), my car's log updated
Today, finish the Demon connections and rewired waterpump and fan with relays, spin up the oil pump, start and adjust. Friday Finish the Aspen, clean the tools and the open shop. Saturday, clean the underside of my car and hopefully install the shock. Sunday wash, wax, vacuum, and clean Lexan on Coronet and Cover. Monday do what I planned for Sunday -- because nothing goes smooth. Tuesday & Wednesday take black Coronet to get chassis certified detail under the hood of the red car.
The lifter on the lower left hand side of that picture looks to be at an angle, like the lifter bore is broken or the lifter is broke. Could just be the way the picture came out but I would be looking at the lifter bores VERY closely for cracks.
I never reuse a rod that got hot enough to blue up like that. Some people recondition and reuse them, but I would NEVER put that one back in a race engine. I wiped lots of #7 rod bearings on my old Ford FE's before I learned how to make them live. Hard lessons when you are as broke as I was back then.
Again it could be the way the picture came out, but unless it is some exotic piece, you may want to replace it. Cheap Insurance.
-Dave
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Yesterday (Dallas was in court all morning for a speeding ticket), burp the air bubble out of Coronet with MityVac (a new must tool for cars that has cooling system bubble problems), finish the Coronet and put on the rack to clean underside and replace shock this weekend, everything under the Demon hooked up and adjusted and the headers.
The shop is all clean and organized again (it was a mess from some little dipchit grinding in there (filling the room with opily metal filings) before sent packing), my car's log updated
Today, finish the Demon connections and rewired waterpump and fan with relays, spin up the oil pump, start and adjust. Friday Finish the Aspen, clean the tools and the open shop. Saturday, clean the underside of my car and hopefully install the shock. Sunday wash, wax, vacuum, and clean Lexan on Coronet and Cover. Monday do what I planned for Sunday -- because nothing goes smooth. Tuesday & Wednesday take black Coronet to get chassis certified detail under the hood of the red car.
Recap of the action in my shop 
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