Nose worked on; pistons installed on "C" motor

Dee spent about 6 hours filing and picking on my nose clip in an effort to make it have less dents and waves than it had before, and in general be a nicer piece of replacement metal that will need less filler. It looks a whole lot nicer than it did a week ago. I'll take some pictures tomorrow and post them. Thanks, Dee!
Late last week I had a few hours of time, and I went out to work on the motor. I got the new big bore pistons and cylinders unpacked, and I proceeded to install the pistons. It went very easy -- the wrist-pin fit was very good, all the rings were already installed, and everything is looking nice. I also replaced the original .090mm end play shim with a .095mm end play shim, which has given me an endplay of .006-.007" instead of the .007-.008" that I had before. A little bit better I think.
Tomorrow morning I'm going back out and I plan on getting the cylinders installed and maybe the cylinder heads. Later in the afternoon I may go to Dons to do more bodywork and drop off the nose. He is busy in the morning so we can't work. Only about 12 days left in April, as usual my estimates are overly optimistic. At this rate we *may* get the nose tacked on this month, but it probably won't be until mid-May or so that the basic metalwork for the car is finished.