update on my R/T... Monday and Murphy's Law doubled up to tag team me today.

Above, the lack of space that happens when I order the drop spindle (2") QA1 front end, and use the same backspacing as the rim that below example shows is available when the QA1 front end is used that does not have the 2" spindle drop. 

So, instead of the perfect replication of what Dave did with his 70 Super Bee, and getting a trouble free result, I went with the better idea of lower center of gravity from the dropped spindles option. I didn't know that this would result in the tie rod hitting the rim

By the way, relevant to the photo below, look at the bad runny paint that was the result of amateurs painting this car in 1980

So, not only were the rims not going to play nice with the steering, but, the wheels are stretched over the width of the rim a bit too much. Not so good. 

So, it's still going to be days until a pair of replacement rims get delivered, and another 500 to 600 dollars. Monday seems to hate me. Last Monday the bad news was that one of the factory fresh calipers leaks. Today the replacement arrived and was installed

I guess this means I have an extra pair of rims for the back, or I can try and sell them at a small discount so I get some money back instead. Spares would mean being able to have a set of tires on back up for making smoke out of, or for drag slicks

the parking brake? Fyi, a bit of sticker shock. About 2000 dollars. Some electrical servo thing I still need to learn about. But, stick shifts, they do need parking brakes, because now and then, a guy needs to park on a hill.