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Engine now turns over just fine with starter. I have no fuel at the venturis. I get oil pressure on the gauge in the cockpit. I removed the left-hand valve cover about a week ago to find everything nicely coated in oil and not dirty or rusted - I since replaced the cover with a new gasket and decided the right one didn't need to be removed. I filled the coolant tank with water bleeding air through the bleed screw on the upper left corner of the radiator with the rear of the car elevated on jackstands. I added a v-belt to the alternator/waterpump/crank. Next move I guess is to try to figure out whether I have clogged fuel lines or a bad pump/carb/filter etc. Also, ominous smoke from the vents just foreward of the windshield while I was cranking the engine - no fire though - I blame the mice. Note to self - buy fire extinguisher. I did replace all the plugs but one. The left rear is rounded off and stuck pretty good, so I left it for now - 7/8 will have to do.

A bare steel '72 right front bumper arrived from Panteras by Wilkinson - almost $300 and I still have to have it chromed. I'm going to have the left one smoothed and re-chromed at the same time.