Not Fast, just "Less Slow"

I was able to work on the Val Saturday. I ground the end of the broken steering box bolt flat and center-punched it as close to center as I could, (it looked perfectly centered). Using a right angle battery powered drill, and starting with a small 9/64 drill bit, I managed to drill completely through the stub. Well....working within the constraints of the inner fender and the end of the steering column, the exit hole came out not centered but I moved up to a larger 3/16" diameter bit and tried to correct the off-center issue by "steering". Oops, a chunk of the stub broke off which made it even more difficult but I drilled on through. Next step was a 1/4" diameter and at a depth of about 1/4" I saw the stub rotate. Ah ha! I drove a 4-sided KD tools extractor into the hole and turned it with a tap handle. Ouila! (or walla) It came out.
I ran a 7/16"-14 tap all 3 holes in the "K" member and put the steering box into the car with the steering column attached and everything. Very nice but I was short one screw and another didn't look so good so right now it only has one screw in place for the time being.

I put the 13" wheels/tires on all 4 corners and dropped it down onto the 4-wheel dollies. The car has been sitting cross-wise in the back of a 30 foot deep garage for over a year on jack stands. Jason's 69 Torino on the left and my 68 cuda on the right. Jason and I cleared the front of the garage, rotated the car around and rolled it out the door onto the driveway. Then we rotated 180 degrees and backed it in with the nose facing out. It looked so cool out in the sunshine (rare for this time of year) dusty and dirty outside, but shiny inside, that I took some pics.

Pics are of the car draped in tarps when I was cleaning/painting the underside. Then outside on all fours.

The plan is to go there next weekend and replant the mill. Bellhousing/clutch /trans all need to go in too. It won't be running but we can push it onto a trailer for the ride home with everything Valiant related moved from the premises. The only thing I'm worried about is removing and replacing the crank bushing.