Made some more small progress this weekend after taking some time off in the garage for work and family stuff.......
Got the hub assembly and drums put on - the bearing issue was not an issue - my bad.
Did a preliminary adjustment on the shoes - I will have to tweak this I'm sure. One of the things I did was to source and restore a pair of correct (I think) backing plates that had the proper adjusting hole in them vs. the pair that came with the parts I bought that did not have them. I filled the master cylinder with fluid, made sure the master cylinder pushrod was adjusted to the shortest throw possible (so as not to have the plunger engaged and prohibit the flow of fluid) and waited for it to gravity bleed....and waited........and waited.......and waited some more. I was having flashbacks of my issues with the Chevelle brakes a few years ago. This is a much simpler system with no proportioning valve and a single circuit master that goes one way from the LF and around to the RF and then to the rear. Still no fluid as of now, the master is working as I cracked the fitting at the main line and pushed the pedal down and fluid came out........so not quite sure what is happening there.
While waiting I polished up the grille and the painted bumper filler. I am hoping to pick up the air cleaner and radiator from the painter next week so I can button up things in the engine compartment. I also pulled a spark plug for the first time since we put the new motor in - probably 700-ish miles on these.
I am dropping off the generator at the place that rebuilt it in town a few years ago for a refresh on the paint - I want them to disassemble it and repaint the case correctly vs. me trying to tape things off.
One of my parts sources let me know he has a properly restored bumper bolt and trans crossmember bolt set put together so that will be a nice addition.
Getting close to having it back on the ground and running again - my 4/1 deadline to drive it to the upholstery shop is coming quickly......