Quite a bit to update here. I posted a few times on a local forum, but havent here, so I have an ass-ton of pics to post.

Havent had much work time because of the rain. But I took the synchronizer cover off the old transmission. The one synchro is pretty much about to fail. Theres also springs missing from the internals. You can see one just chillin out. So Im glad Im getting a new one. And the other pics are of the paint. The tranny came out awesome. The motor I decided would look better black, and it does.