Just wanted to let you all know that I still haven't gotten Louie back from the body shop. Was supposed to be back in May but still not finished.

Good things come to those that wait they say.

Well things have slowed way down for me as I am currently going through a messy divorce. I get to keep the cars and house. Joint custody of the kids too. Other than that it is chaos !!! My normal job has slowed down to 32 hrs a week at times so that does not help my finances.
My health also has turned to bad as I now have seizures due to all the stress in my life. Work, Divorce, teenage daughters, etc... Not to mention this damn recession !!!
I also want to point out that during these trying times I have hooked up with KatsMonte and we are now seeing one another. Thanks Motortopia !!! Would have never guessed I would meet a great person like her through a car sight. It payed (no pun intended) to answer a call to work on her car before the divorce. Who would have ever guessed. But strange things happen !!!
Anyway, hopefully I get things back to normal soon, get Louie back from the body shop, get caught up on all those nasty bills the soon to be EX stuck me with before she left, etc... etc... etc...
I am finishing a motor for a gentleman all the way from Debuque, Iowa soon and one of my own I may be selling. Anybody want a fresh 600+ hp 355 SB Chevy short block give me a call. All drag not a street motor !! I also am selling the 461 HP motor out of Louie too!! Strong as hell and very few miles on it. I have a bigger and better motor going in him !!

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Just wanted to update all my friends on the progress of Louie The Lizard. He had been delivered to a friend of mine's body shop and is in good hands for the body work and repaint. I decided to go with the same color he was. I have had a lot of compliments on the color I chose before the storm damage. I found a few parts and missing some as well but they can be installed once I find them. There will be a few changes with the car but nothing to outragous. According to the guys it will not take them too long to fix Louie !! So hopefully I can get him back soon and get the windows, new motor, etc... installed before June's big event here in Lincoln, NE. Also car show season is upon us here and I am hoping to attend some of them soon.

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I just wanted to let people know I have not forgotten them here on motortopia as I have been building some motors for a few motortopia members lately. I have also started a business recently that became official here in Lincoln, NE as of yesterday (Thursday 12/18/08). Eventually I will be posting some pics of two of the motors I have here. One is for newfinish for his 78 Camaro Drag Car which is a 355 SB Chevy that should be able to put somewhere in the neighborhood of 650 to 680 HP on the motor naturally aspirated and no power adders!! I am hoping to have it done this weekend. Once that is completed I am going to freshen up his 383 and make a couple of minor upgrades to it. It will be his back up motor!! Then I just finished a 358 SB Chevy for 69c_10sbc335 for his daily driver that should be approximately 400 or more HP. Then I am waiting on one from chevyluvaz along with his Olds Starfire hatchback that I am going to put a roll bar in and sub frame connectors. Then if I have the time I am going to get on Louie The Lizard and the body work to get him back together and repainted by the time the O-Reilly's Auto Parts Hot Rod Supernationals in Lincoln Nebraska May 29th thru 31st. I have a lot of things to do and not a lot of time. So if I seem like I am not here it is because I have some really good reasons !! I plan on keeping everyone posted with the progress of each task I have going !! I'll be checking in when I can !! Wish me luck !!

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This is a few e-mails I was forwarded to with some fascinating things this man has for sale. I promised him I would put the word out as this stuff is a dream come true for many. You need to mention that your interest is from the e-mails I forwarded to you so he is aware how you found about it. He has prices and pics upon request. Very nice guy and I would love to see some of this stuff go to good people that deserve them and would be interested in them as their dream cars etc... Please forward this to any and all people you know that has wanted a certain car etc... So much to choose from. In the second message he gave me his phone # so I am sending it word for word along with the other two I have received thus far. I hope somebody finds something there they have always wanted or are interested in. I KNOW I DID !!

1.) Hi Mark, Here is a list of the cars available, if you want pictures, of one or anything specific mail me back. 1970 W30 olds 442, 1969 GTO, 68 Buick GS 4 speed, 1976 Trans Am, 66 caprice ss big block, 71 elcamino, big block, 70 chevelle big block, 74 corvette, 87 corvette, 68 belvidere, 65 coronet, 65 chevelle convertible, 62 chevy impala, 55 chevy, 57 chevy, 68 gmc pro street pickup, 55 chop top pickup, several 74 nova,s, 73 ss nova parts car,71 dart drag car, 55 pontiac, 2 dr hrtp., 2,62 coronet convertibles, 94 z 28 covertible,1970 plymouth satelite, year ? monza spider. There is more, but for now, this should be the main ones, like i said, inquire, if none of these, are what your looking for, or if you need pictures, get back to me. Parts also, engines, trans, chevy, mopar, ford, thanks Denny for Will Rule

2.) Mark, that would be great, posting the stuff, with the email, and you can also include my phone number. my # is 815 554 0030, The prices all vary naturally, Denny

3.) Hi again Mark, i forgot about a few to send you , cars that may be of interest, to your brother in Cal. are a 32 ford 5 window coupe, and a 51 Henery J, and a all steel 41 Willys, with a 391 hemi, and supercherged, if you would want imfo on any of these, or pictures, get back to me. These three are definately not cheap, but exellent projects, that need some finishing, also, have some Mopar stuff, that i need to get to you on another email, in the near future, that i forgot about, 31 plymouth coupe, barracudas, coronets, hemi charger,69 1/2 440 six pac clone, all kinds of mopar projects, Denny

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Today is my birthday and I am now turning 40. Where are all the years going?

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I want to thank all the people that are helping or have been helping in my quest for parts. I have really found out that there are some really, really good people here on motortopia. I am glad to be a part of such a group of people. I belong to a lot of websites but this one has far the better people on it. It is sad to say I have been getting better results here than my own H-body clubs. AGAIN THANK YOU ALL.
I found a perfect headlight housing 65 miles away that I had to pay dearly for after I pulled it off myself. I also bought another one from a guy in Wyoming that had a broken mounting tab. Not sure if I can fix it but it is a spare none the less. I am still looking for few front end parts but slowly they are showing up from all corners of the world.
An old best friend whom I haven't gotten along with since 1996 buried our hatchets and he started helping me sand Louie down for a new paint job. He has even been helping get the supplies and paint. he is going to shoot the paint as he is our landing gear painter where I work. Louie will definitely be a different shade of green when he comes back out but maybe it is time for a change. I think he will look very nice when we are done.
I also want to thank Monzter C10 (motortopia.com member) from nearby Ashland for his help in all the work too. He has come down to help out where ever he can on Louie. He even went with me on the road trip to get the headlight bucket. He has been dedicated to helping me when ever he has had time.
Well one quarter panel is started with the sanding and some of the front nose pieces I could salvage from the storm. Progress is slow but it will be better than ever if we just take our time. We are fixing all the stresses of drag racing and the nicks and scratches from the last five years of driving, wrenching, testing clips, hoods, etc... now Louie will even have a custom made hood for him. Something he has not had for years. I will be trying a couple of different ideas.

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I am a sad guy today. Mother Nature was not nice to us here in Lincoln, NE yesterday evening. A bad thunderstorm brewed up very quickly that had 70 plus MPH winds. In the scramble of getting everything in the garage as I was working on Louie at the time, we left the front clip outside thinking it would be ok there until the storm passed. Well needless to say, we were quite wrong, not expecting the 70 MPH winds. The front clip that was a removeable factory one piece unit was lifted off the ground, flipped over, and slammed back onto the ground so hard it busted the headlight bezel on the right hand side and basically broke the fenders from the nose piece. I was devistated when I seen it. The winds actually lifted the garage door up that was in front of Louie and we had to close it again and actually lock it. It looked like it was going to blow the garage door inwards. Pretty scary moment. The clouds were moving rapidly and swirling. Thank God there was actually no tornados as I was starting to think we were going to get one. There were many power outages and broken trees and limbs. About a block away a huge tree broke off a 2.5 to 3 foot thick limb and it blocked the road. Right next to it another tree was on fire as the power line hit it and ignited it. Trees were down all over town. The same for power lines. Crazy storm. It all happened within half an hour or so. Then it sort of cleared up.
Now Louie is going to have to be fixed and the worst part about it is the Alpine Green Pearl paint cannot be matched easily or at all. The headlight bucket or bezel may not be an easy find either. The fenders are fixable but creased badly in the wheel wells and the paint is scratched up from them falling on the patio and sliding to a rest from the storm. I have to find another coupe or station wagon that is a single headlight unit. My spoiler and lower valance took a bad hit too. They are broken as well. I have a friend at work that already mixed some paint and sprayed a sample piece that some of my other friends liked so Louie may be a different color next time he is seen. I have already started the stripping and sanding. Now the test will be getting the extremely rare parts for the car.
I may need some assistance in finding a front clip or pieces so if anybody knows where one may be PLEASE contact me so Louie can be fixed soon and brought back out. I can use Monza Coupe, Monza Town Coupe, Monza station wagons, Pontiac Sunbirds, possibly the Chevy Vega, the Firenza, Skyhawk, Olds Starfires, and other types of these h-body type cars. They have to be single headlight cars (2 total) instead of the dual headlight (4 total). Thanks if anybody can help me out.

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I pulled the old lexan windshield, the front clip, and I have the new windshield (lexan) ready to be drilled and screwed into the car. I pulled the radiator support, plastic media blasted it, and painted it gloss black. I have a modified pair of spindles that had to have a tab tig welded to it once the factory brake ears were cut off, painted gloss black, and ready to be mounted in the car for the Aerospace Components front disc brakes I ordered. These are nice pieces but wish they were a little more user friendly like without the major spindle mod and tig welding. Have the new upper ball joint just need to compress the MOROSO trick springs to change it out along with the spindles.
The NEW Dart Little M block is on the stand and I checked rod to block clearances since I am using 6" aluminum rods. Ready to go to the machine shop!!! The NEW 1095 King Demon RS is here and the Brodix Heads and Bowtie intake have been massaged heavily and flowed. I also have a few custom additives to the intake like a Brodix BB Chevy Turtle installed in the floor of the intake. Really helped the flow numbers for the intake and heads both. We are using a custom grind Lunati 4-7 swap solid roller cam with @ .684 lift and a lot of duration. I can't wait to get it all done so I can hear it and get it tuned in on the chassis dyno.
My job changed my schedule this week so I lost one of the three days a week I had to devote my time to getting the car done. My progress may slow down a little but I will keep everyone posted as I get the chance. I still have a lot of work to do.

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Figured I would let everyone know that I am on the rebuild of the Green Monza. I decided I am going to try to get it all done for this next years Pinks All Out. I have to install a new lexan windshield as I listened to the local glass shop by installing it like an original windshield and it has popped out three times on me now. I plan on bolting it in this time. I am adding a pair of Aerospace Components front disc brakes to the car along with a new 355 motor combo that should have in excess of 650 HP. I bent one front rim and broke an upper ball joint. Wheel stands take their toll after a while no matter how high the car comes off the ground. My car only comes up about a foot or so off the ground and I ride it out to about 60 ft. I then am adding the new Hoosier slicks to the rear. If all goes well I hope to install a NOS cheater system too. If I have time I need to fix a few body dings and scratches and reshoot the paint. These last few years have been hard on the car and it is showing with all the cracks it is getting in the doors, roof, and quarters. I have a lot of work to do but going to try to make it to one of the Pinks All Out in 2008. I am shooting for Bandimere Speedway in Denver, CO on August 9, 2008. Wish me luck. This is where sponsors would come in handy if I had any!!! lol.. :)

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