O.K, just to p!ss everyone off, I didn't get any pictures of the engine . . . It was shipped upside-down (for stability) and the guys at Stromberg didn't want to start unpacking it until I'd seen it first.
So we discussed the intake and some clearances and they'll be starting on the intake some point this week . . .
I have asked them to take lots of photos (which I'm sure they will as they'll use them for advertisement purposes) so I should have something soon.
I brought home the TH400, the brakes and a box of ancillaries, leaving only the long-block at Stromberg.
Everything seems O.K with no damage from the journey over here . . .
The brakes seem really good quality, with good, fine castings so I'm happy so far. The booster and all the brackets look nice and meaty . . . . the kind of thickness I'd have done them if I was making it so I'm happy, there, too.
I spent a while rooting round in the ancillaries box checking out the new shiny stuff and the 45 year old Cadillac brackets, mounts and pulleys I've got . . . I didn't want to go all-billet but I think I may be investing in a pulley or two . . . we'll see.
So.
With the engine, transmission and brakes here, shipping paid and duty paid, that leaves me with needing to get the intake and carbs done and paid for and then the air-ride kit ordered and paid for.
Anything else this year will be a bonus . . . . . . . . . .