Seems like a lifetime ago that I ran down to Charlie's to pick up the heads that Tim rebuilt for me...
I just came in from cinching down the pretty 573, and all that remains is bolting on the exhaust manifolds and thermostat housing, pre-lubing the engine, and firing it off...as long as all is well, the intake will come back off and the engine compartment will get detailed...I am pretty excited about that prospect, and the end of the underhood spending extravaganza...
Finally found my unicorn, the elusive Edelbrock valve covers, which are heading off to the polisher tomorrow...also tentatively decided to go with polished aluminum velocity stacks...figured they would better complement the polished valve covers, and provide an undeniable "hot rod" feel under hood...should also help me here the howl of the 94's
One of the valve covers:
The velocity stacks (on order now) on a sweet little Nailhead:
Also cleaning up the old Hedman one-off's as there were a couple of pin holes in the welds that needed to be addressed.
No pictures now, as I am waiting for a true "before" and "after" shots to share. The pictures of my 573 (in another thread) are all you get for now. 
I really appreciate the technical advice I've received from this forum, as I really only joined after I got the 'Bird. Feel like I've made some friends and continue to learn A LOT!
And to:
"mctim64" for the beautiful head rebuild, and endless silly questions answered...
"57fordpu" for the stories, chat, and helping with the hand-off from Tim...
"YBLOCKMERC" forsetting me up with my Edelbrock valve covers...
Updates and pictures wil be coming soon!
Todd in Central California...about half way between Fresno and Sacramento
1956 Thunderbird - 1960 F-100 - 1961 Starliner - 1961 Imperial