Thanks! I dropped off the backplate and the spindle from my lathe at a local fellow's house. He offered to cut the appropriate thread into the backplate as the spindle nose has an extremely goofy thread. It is, after all, damn near 100 years old.

Anyway, worked on the car a bit yesterday. I wrapped the exhaust:



...and burned in that batt'ry box



Here's with the batt'ry dropped into place. It's fairly awkward maneuvering that 15# fella' into place there, believe it or not. I made a strap for the top of the batt'ry with a couple of stubs welded onto it for the 200A circuit breaker. Just made more sense that way. I painted that, so I didn't get a chance to put it back on before I left. I'll make sure to get one next time.



Next I'll sort out the headlight wiring issue that I discovered last fall before tearing the motor out. Then I'll shore up the break and clutch lines, shifter cables; then put the motor back in after I reassemble it. I guess I'd better get after it.