BDR 354 is here!

[Mark Brye]

My BDR finally arrived last Friday. As soon as I heard it fired up for the first time and pulled off the trailer I could hardly contain myself! I have never had so much fun in my life! All the hooting and haulering from people as I drove down the road was a ton of fun. Car looks and sounds perfect. I am trying to put some miles on it before I really drop the hammer. It sure is hard to refrain.
It looks like I may have two things to sort out though. I drove it in traffic at about 90F outside and the temp got up around 95C. Sounded like the fans turned on about 80C. When I got home I checked it for coolant again and it looks like there is just water in the radiator. I also checked to see that fans are blowing the right direction and checked the hoses for kinks. I think there is no thermostate in the engine because when it's cold, its still moving water through the engine even when a thermostat should be closed. I am going to put a thermostate in tomorrow because I have a feeling that the water is flowing through the radiator so fast that its not actually getting a chance to cool.
Also thought I heard a brake slightly hanging up for a little bit but then it was gone and I have not heard it since.
Some great surprises I found with the car is that it has flanged headers already. The brake lines to the master cylinder are routed through the fenders and not in the engine compartment which I thought was neat.
Oh, and I got it registered as a 65 with Washington State DOL before the car even arrived! What a deal!
The car drives perfect. It is everything that I had dreamed of! Thanks BDR!