I couldn’t find Mary Kay’s nail polish, and I’m fresh out of my own 
, so I went with Permatex hi-temp thread sealant instead for the fuel line. I redid the fittings between the filter and the pump, and the filter to the carb - maybe tomorrow, I’ll crawl under the car and redo the input to the pump.
Also got the driveshaft back in, and bled the brakes. For a couple bucks I picked up a syringe on Amazon, it made short work of filling the master brake cylinder so @#$@&#!! close to the bellows. Thank goodness the bend in the brake tubing on the axle housing kept air from propagating elsewhere - it didn’t take many pumps of the pedal to clear all bubbles from the fluid coming out. For sure, the brakes will be good enough to back it out of the driveway.
Yeah, that’s the space heater running in the corner. Takes the chill off nicely!
Soon I’ll be mounting the old tires (new ones, after the repaint) and putting Faulkner back on Terra Firma, the first time in three years. I reinstated my classic car insurance - on hold during this period - and tomorrow, I’ll run by John Hauser’s Drexel Automotive and discuss plans for redoing the brakes and exhaust. This is getting so real!