I had been keeping an eye out for a small supercharger with a plan of fitting it to the rebuilt green 350. Adam from Tris-R-Us spotted one for sale on the Eurodragster website and let me know. I rang the guy about buying it and asked him how much for the complete engine. After ten minutes of friendly bartering, I’d bought it complete. A 4 bolt 350 with a B&M 144 Supercharger and a Holley 700cfm carb on the top. That makes 3 small blocks in the garage! The orange ones sold, so I’d better shift the green one.

After a long time waiting, I could finally collect my bits from the NSRA nats in Bedfordshire. I got up early and got there for 8.30am on the Saturday. It turned out to be one of the hottest days on record, but was a great day out. My boot was full of nice new bits, and with a bit of sunburn and more parts ordered from Tris-R-Us I set off home. I didn’t have all the bits for the front end rebuild yet, and my A-Arms are still being powder coated, so I decided to start fitting the engine mounts. They seem to be easy enough to fit, but I wanted to make sure everything was right before welding them in. I didn’t want to strip one of the complete engines, and Adam had said he was going to rebuild the 283, so I stripped the top end off and boxed it all up ready to go.
This left me with a much lighter and easier to work around guide for the motor mounts. There wasnt a single good gasket on the entire top end, yet it started easily when it was in the car. The 1957 vintage block was hung on the crane and slid into position in the ninety degree heat, only to find the load balancer hits the bulkhead. It was getting late, so I decided to pack in for the day, and get Bob to give me a hand next weekend. Nice to be back in the garage though!