"A hospital bed is a parked taxi with the meter running." - Groucho Marx

I sent a "come to Jesus" email this morning to the buyer in UAE. I had/have no concerns about him, but Emirates Shipping hadn't secured a transporter and I was told that would be done a week ago. He replied within the hour, every apologetic, and promised he would contact Emirates Shipping to discuss their "totally unsatisfactory" performance.
Yep.
This afternoon I got a phone call from them saying a transporter would be leaving L.A. tonight and would arrive here either tomorrow or Wednesday, cashiers check in hand.

I ordered more frame paint from Eastwood that the FedEx tracking site said would arrive Saturday. Not only did it not arrive but this morning the "expected delivery date" column read, "NA". So I called Eastwood, she called FedEx, and this afternoon I see that my paint has arrived in Phoenix and will be delivered tomorrow.

So, you got any problems you want me to solve? Any unresponsive people whose tree needs shaking? (Note: I don't take on husbands.)

It's great to be special, unless it's not.
I did a whole bunch of research this morning, made phone calls to parts suppliers, and came to the unfortunate conclusion that the truck's differential/rear axle has to go. That limited slip diff was a rarely chosen option in '58 and '59, and now brake parts are all but unavailable. So I did some wrestling, got it unbolted and loaded into the back of the Falcon, and took it to Arizona Differential. He said, "Yeah, it's a boat anchor," and said that in two weeks he'll have a freshly rebuilt diff/axle from an early 70's Chevy pickup ready for me, with gearing ideal for my intended use.

From there I headed to Dunbar Spring to unload more parts out of the Falcon. In a few days he'll have all four leaf springs, including the broken one, rebuilt and de-arched 2". In the meantime I can finish painting the frame with the aforementioned paint arriving tomorrow.

I didn't plan on going this deeply into the rebuild, but at some point it doesn't make any sense to do things halfway when it will only get harder to deal with issues when it's all back together. This naked frame pic will serve as a reminder when it's all done just how stupid ambitious I got.

In the parking lot at AZ Diff sat this ride. For some (of us) cars are an expression of personality. A canvas where we say, "this is what I think it should look like." For me it's very close to the original design, but with some discreet performance upgrades. For others....some very radical changes. So I'd never do this, but I respect a guy who had a vision and worked it out. Good for him for driving his canvas.