New Car

Due to the Crappy weather (& the stupid Jerk that totaled my car last week)... I've had no time to work on the '55.  After researching for a week I found the car I wanted... Mid-size Luxury sedan with good power.
 I picked up a 2004 Hyundai Sonata GLS it's loaded (leather, sunroof, premium sound), the 2.7L /v6 24V engine will fly if you hit the gas!  I just noticed last night it has the "homelink" rear-view mirror which can be used to replace the old garage door opener!

I've found a few things I'd like to upgrade on the car, the horn was just too "sissy-ish", the radio doesn't have any digital hookups, and I'd like to install a remote starting kit for the convenience of having the car cooled down/warmed up.

New horn!

The process I've gone through on all of my grimy engine partys so far...

I dropped off my engine at the machine shop this morning,  they told me that I may have screwed up the block by reaming it out, he said I reamed out the "original alignment" and would have to track down a "deck plate" to rebore the block into alimentary. he said he might be able to bore it in @ .060 over. 
He's going to do a valve job, (replace guides, seats) cleanup (hot tank) and overbore for around $350 which sounds pretty reasonable to me...