Finally!!!

Welcome aboard Glenn! You've found the best website out there for this hobby we all love and adore so much, and you'll find all the parts and advice you need right here. We're glad to have ya! Post some pics when you can.
Everybody gets their motivation from somewhere, mine was everybody I new saying "you will never finish that old piece of junk".
Jack, that statement brought back some memories for me. One of my best friends had seven words he'd always say to me every time he saw my Cuda sitting in the garage: "That [POS] will never run." On November 10, 2005 (14 years into ownership), he was the first person I called -- long distance from my cell phone in the yard -- after it ran for the very first time. "Mike, remember those seven words you always said to me? Well, listen to THIS!" and I hit the key. We both cried like babies ... and I've never heard those words from him since.

We're all ready to hear your first-fire-up story when you get it together Glenn.