Yep, 11 years and one day after I was killed my grandson Alex was born, Happy Fifth Birthday!
And on the subject of getting killed in 2001, Mrs. the Poet suggested a different outlook on the subject. She suggested I celebrate my re-birthday rather than my deathday. Same thing, different perspective. Instead of celebrating getting killed, celebrate coming back. Which is mostly what I do anyway.
I have been looking at my pictures of the 3.3l bolted to the 41te transmission and trying to scale from that but I don’t have anything of a known dimension in any picture to scale from. So I have been searching for a dimensioned drawing of the engine or transmission, pretty much without results, or useful results anyway. The dimensions I get are not useful in scaling the pictures because the parts are either not in the picture, or not identifiable in the picture, or not fully visible. I mean it’s great to know the veeblefritz is x inches long when one end is hidden behind another part on the engine. It’s even better when the part name is a Mopar part name that is not in common use even in the hot rod community, so you aren’t even sure of what you’re looking for. It isn’t helping that I lost my notes on the measurements I took from the donor vehicle. I have the total length of the engine/trans assembly from one side of the car to the other written down, but I can’t find the notebook I wrote it.
I put a better marker on the body for the rear axle.
I repositioned the lower tape to show how far the engine projects into the body but I haven’t taken a picture of that yet. Short form there isn’t much room left in the bucket after the engine is put with the rear axle on that upper line.
I’m sorry for cutting this short but I have a headache and need to have a lie-down.
Witch on a Bicycle 