I haven't been in a couple of years, but I did notice the last few years the stuff was getting thin. Also Lot of off categories were not automotive.  Still a good time though.

I made a set for one of my motors, it took a while to do but they all fit just fine. It also helped that I have a stationary disc sander to play with. The big thing was to sneak up on the gap measurement. A mike is a must, as well as an inside snap gauge.

I bought the Mastercool  kit and played with it before I actually made permanent lines. I love it. Have done dozens of lines and no problems yet. I have tried it on SST but the results weren't the best. You got to shop for good SST brake line. Alot of cheap SST on the market. The Mastercool is worth the price and has paid for itself.

I don`t think it makes much difference. I have run the drives both ways and never had any problems. This is on both 427s and 390s.

I`ve got a question on the sonic tester.  Garry

 Royce, have you ever seen the amount of waste a plasma cutter generates? At the price of SST and AL you would not get a decent payback on the parts you're making. The valve cover rails would generate alot of waste unless you could combine another part at the same time to use up the inner blanks that would result. I go through this at my shop.

 I know that when ever I have my 56 F100 out at a cruise and the hood is up, I get a lot of questions about them. let it idle and people do a double take when they see it. I have to rev it a little to show the oil splash. The other thing have I on it is a clear cover on the dual carb Setup. People are shocked when they see it. I really would like to find a clear distributor cap for a stock  dist or a Mallory dist.  So far no color change in the covers. I still have to put the light kit in them. Whenever Jay makes more clear covers for the FE I will be on the list.

 I bought a RobMc  starter yrs ago for my 427 Galaxie.  Most of the rebuilds couldn`t take the strain. They were realy helpful when I couldn't get the starter to engage right. The sent me a correct shim pack to stop the binding and all was well. My63 has factory long cast iron manifolds so there is a lot of heatsoak when you shut it off. The starter spun the motor over with no problems. I will be buying another in the near future. Well worth the money.