Wheel bearing is fixed, so much better! What a fiasco... I learned a lot and wasted some money, but all good now. I thought I would be smart and just get a hub at the junkyard, well they gave it to me with an axle, right hub but the wrong axle, and can't get that axle out (later ever with a 12 ton press). So I bought a bearing and a friend helped me press it onto the old hub. I didn't realize the hub was worn and it had a lot of slop at the end, but we figured by the time we tried to get that bearing off we would ruin it, so I wasted that new bearing

bought another new bearing with a hub it all went back together fine and I finished the job.
Lesson learned; hubs wear out, don't mess around with trying to reuse them unless they can me measured to within spec.... At least I got a spare wheel that matches my set at the junkyard as well as a rearview mirror.
It's been one year ago today now that I woke up to this huge project sitting outside in the rain with a blown na engine, a trashed interior, and an auto drivetrain. Now its sitting in my garage as a running car with the swap complete, manual transmission, interior coming together and I'm trying to figure out paint and body (DIY or find a shop? I have struggled to find a body shop to even give me a quote but might have someone local who can take it in the spring)... I got a lot further, a lot quicker than I thought I would, to be honest! The car runs and drive very well. Super solid and quick and rowdy. Now that the wheel bearing is fixed I can take it for more, longer drives. Last time I crossed the Astoria bridge with it I ran into a sudden deluge of hail on the steep section of the bridge and it was full-on rally car mode time... I was't looking to do something stupid and end up over the guard rail into the river, but the car felt planted and solid when I was faced with sudden nasty conditions, and it just further reinforced my confidence in what I've accomplished!