Updated Ignition Went in on Monday

Here's a pick of the butt end of the new coil:

Yay Done!

Here's the view of the driver side header:



If you look close you might be able to see part of the new mini starter. It just doesn't have that same sound as the original gear reduction starter. Kind of sad.

Here's the passenger side header:


Very glad to be done. Here's a picture of two '68's. Both the house and truck were built in '68 (the dog is quite a big younger):

Mild Success

I got the truck put back together today. I never did find a set of full length headers though. I decided to just bolt the manifold back on. They are not flat and the driver side manifold leaks like crazy, which was the problem I was trying to fix. But, just for fun, here what it looks like back together.

Stopped

I finally got the intake manifold installed, but was stopped in my tracks by the A/C compressor bracket.

Here's a picture of the intake and valve covers installed. It looks so innocuous with the junky old valve covers.



But, the two big ears sticking off the front of the intake interfere with the A/C bracket. I'm going to take the A/C bracket off today and see what kind of modifications I can make to gain some clerance.