Really??! This really happened??!!!

Back at getting my '73 Swinger to where i want it to be with big help from fellow members. Thx much Badd440 & Evildart! My budget for this year is now gone, & this weekend with the help of Bad440, I'll be dropping in my new cam, reworked 302 heads & some tuning that has been badly needed. I''m extremely excited.

Being that my budget is now gone for this season, I'm stuck with my stock 318 manifolds, which is the weakest link in my chain now. So trying to make the best of it, I paid a guy to sandblast, prime & paint my manifolds. The guy was introduced to me by a neighbor & he dropped them off today after I got back from the GoodGuys. I was as excited as anyone could be over 318 exhaust manifolds, but on closer inspection, I've been had. They arent blasted, or even cleaned, just primed & painted right over the grease & rust! I can't believe it. It was only $50 but I'm a single father who lives like a cheapskate in order to fulfill my responsibilities & once a year, get working on my Dart. Oh, well, live & learn. Maybe my neighbor will help to track this guy down & set things right. Time will tell. In the mean time, the manifolds need to go back on tomorrow. I'm worse off now than I was with the crappy rusty. greasy 318 manifolds, because now those same crappy, greasy, rusty manifolds are painted... tried to take some picks where I scratched off the paint where the grease & blue paint can be seen. Sorry for bad pics.