After a big fight getting the rear output shaft seal out, with a little help from my granddaughter, the output shaft bushing from what I could see looked fine, the output shaft had no play, and thank gosh, there was still fluid in the tranny. The old seal rubber was hard and cracked, and had seen it's better days, I opened up the filler plug and couldn't get any fluid on my pinky. I installed the new seal, driveshaft and added about 1/2 quart of gear lube. I took her for a ride and she felt good, no noise or vibration. I'm still not sure what I'll do when the show is over, we'll be going 300 miles one way, and 300 home. That ride should give me a good indication of the wear on the slip yolk, if any. Definitely bringing some tools and extra gear lube to check it along the way.

So tonight while working on the Bird, my son arrives in his 68' Camaro, 396 4 speed, a car I bought in 1980, and gave to him last year, the drive shaft on it is also "Out of Phase", so WT???? If I get time tomorrow I'm going to pull the drive line on the 68' Camaro and check it out. Cheers!!