Congratulations, Josh! I had the same rush two years ago when mine fired for the first time. The pre-lube trick of turning the crank came to me via the list and I am happy to be able to pass it along. Dennis
----- Original Message ----- From: Josh Campbell To: The Chevelle Mailing List Sent: Friday, February 29, 2008 7:30 PM Subject: [Chevelle-list] Its Alive!! Hey guys just thought I would drop a line and say I fired up the '71 tonight. I got the prelubing figured out just had to roll it over a few times (thanks Dennis!). Sounds great, need to do a little tuning and such but its running!!! I love the sound of open headers (so nice not having neighbors, especially since I started it at 9:00). Anyway now its off to replacing the body bushings and then its to stripping and bodywork!! Josh Campbell 66 SS 396 (Black on the rotisseree, 1st car never part with it) 66 SS 396 (Red got it on a trade I only wanted the steering wheel) 87 Monte Carlo SS (The modern Chevelle especially when you add the right stuff) 71 Malibu (Something new to blow my money on) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your homepage.