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Thanks Gary for giving me Dave and Al's email addresses. I will be contacting them for sure. Thanks Jack for the info about the DMV. I will stop by and try that.

If I were to send some detailed pictures of my car to someone out there, do you think they could tell me where I need to pay the closest attention when trying to get this car back on the road? A few years back, this car was worked on until it was in show condition, then it was placed in a garage and left unattended for over 5 years. The prior owner put $7k into the engine, and another $4k into the body. It looks pretty good (no rust that I can see, and a minor dent near the drivers side headlight), but I don't know what seals are gone, or anything else I need to worry about. I looked under it and saw no globs of oil or transmission fluid. I took the carb off last month and rebuilt it. The kit I bought for it did not seem to exactly match the carb though. Anyway, I got it running, but it overheats after about 10 minutes. I think a good flushing of the cooling system is the next thing I will be working on. The engine sounds great when running for that amount of time though. I just don't want to make any foolish mistakes when trying to get this car back in road worthy condition. Thanks, Wes