I have made a verbal agreement for a new job over the telephone.  This is the best news I’ve gotten in a long time.  I’m not starting for another two weeks, and the paperwork is not all signed yet, but we have a verbal agreement for salary and starting date.

Thanks for all the well wishes and good hope vibes.  It all came together today.  Something is in the air, because a friend of mine also got unrelated good news today, at about the same time I got my phone call.  Today is a good day!

Now I can look positively forward to getting the VW engine completed and running.  I need a lot of work and some funds saved up to build a structure for my two MG TD replicas so that I can insure them and get them on the road.

The red one, in last year’s calendar, would like a new front end for her next big change.  She’s a mutt with a Chevette front end, a Nissan 260Z rear end, a Chevy V8 283 beefed up, and an automatic 400 transmission, with a Fiberfab ’52 MG TD body and a bird’s next for a wiring job.  What a mess!  I think the brake system on this monster has Chevette genes, as she’s extremely hard to bring to a halt, or hold still at a stop light, when I had her out last year.  My new shop better have room for me to work on this one.  I don’t think I’ll buy another car on eBay ever again.

Thanks again for all your encouragement.