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Should be there about noon on Thursday.  Hope to see you there.  I missed last year because of a family obligation.  Does nitro still smell the same?

I had nearly the same thing happen to me on May 4.  I had done some out of the ordinary physical activities the weekend before and had a slight tightness in my chest that I blew off as muscle strain.  After two days the tightness had not subsided and I mentioned it to my wife at supper.  She said we going to the emergency room to get it checked out.  I learned a long time ago not to buck her female intuition.

In the emergency room they found a elevated enzyme level in my blood but my EKG was fine and my cholesteral was 150.  They admitted me to the hospital and I met with a cardiologist next day and he suspected a blockage.  He did the dye thing and found the artery on the back side of my heart had a 95% blockage and installed one of those new coated stents.  He told me I was one step away from a heart attack.

The first time I walked after surgery I felt that I had previously been dragging a sand bag behind me and it had been cut loose.  I have a noticible increase in energy and I have had to make a few changes to my life style but it beats the alternative.  I don't have any heart damage and also consider myself very fortunate.  55 year old is to early to check out.  Had I not listened to my wife, I would have probably gone out to the garage and had the big one.

Give Northstar Mfg Inc. in Milwaukee, WI a call and ask for Steve.  Their phone number is (414) 445-1525.  I don't know what size restrictions they have nor have I had anything done for myself personally but I plan to have my headers and exhaust coated there in the next couple of months.

They are usually at our local swap meet which is this Sunday.  I'll see if I can get further info.

I am close to ordering sound deadening / insulation materials for my '39 Chevy sedan but I'm not sure what to use.  What do you recommend or suggest and why? Dynamat? Insulshield? or other.  These materials are rather expensive and I want to get it right the first time.

This car will be a cross country cruiser so comfort is of most importance since the better half will be joining me and I have spoiled her with her daily drivers.  She wants is as quiet as her Olds Aurora. Ha Ha!

TIA

Make sure you vent is working properly before you replace the seals.

One of my neighbor's nephews, a young man in his late 20s, has been visiting my shop a couple of times each week since I met him last fall.  He has been watching and helping me work on my '39 Chevy and has been bitten hard by the street rod bug.

He recently purchased his own '39 Chevy sedan that has been sitting in a ditch the past 20 or 30 years.  The body was covered with a tarp and is salvageable but the frame is Swiss cheese and beyond my talents for saving. His father thinks he should put the body on a late model frame but I believe that would be a last resort.  I have never seen one done that way that looked right and I have all the templates used in building my '39 that he could use.

Do any of you know of a 1939 Chevy frame available at a reasonable within a one day drive of S.E. Wisconsin?  Please let me know.

TIA