Snow, snow snow

Yes, snow today. Not quite as cold as it was yesterday (11F, ouch), but snowing. The dog is loving it, I'm stuck inside watching basketball and NASCAR.

However, all is not lost. Yesterday, my Federal Income Tax refund hit. Tack on the fact that payday was Thursday, and I have a bit of a chunk sitting in the bank right now. So, naturally, I had to spend some of it on car parts.

Item one was a pair of very nice seats. Scored on EBay, they're a nice set of tweed and leather buckets from a 1LE Camaro, and they're gray. The significance of the 1LE designation is large. 1LE was an option code for 80s F-Bodies that gave you a lot of go-fast parts. You got larger brakes. You got higher durometer rubber bushings in all the suspension parts. You got a baffled gas tank that could be run down to almost completely empty without having to worry about the pickup starving due to fuel slosh. And, you got more durable, better supporting seats. The tweed doesn't wear like the regular GM cloth, and the leather is high-quality and in places where it won't crack.

Items numbers two, three, and four are on the way from Jeg's. First up is an Edelbrock Carb calibration kit. A nice assortment of jets and springs and other pieces for the 600CFM performer carb that will be transferred to the car from my truck. Once the weather gets better and I get the new rear axle in, I'll be getting an appointment at the dyno and will actually take the time to tune the car.

Second up is a bracket kit for the carb that will allow me to properly connect the cruise control to the throttle linkage.

Last up is a flexplate cover.

Next weekend is supposed to be in the 50s, I'm planning on making it a busy weekend.

And on a completely unrelated note, have you seen the lastest iTunes commercial? That song, Flathead by the Fratellis. Insane. I grabbed the album last night, and it's one of those you simply cannot turn up loud enough. Amazing. Highly recommended.