It has been a while since my last entry but holidays involving driving trips to Nebraska and to Seattle will do that. Since then a lot has happened. During the changes it was hard to see the progress day by day that Jason was making, but now that he is almost done it becomes obvious that he has accomplished a lot. The car body is going back together, and is recognizable again.


















While Jason has been working on the body I have been working on the other mechanical parts . I have finished cleaning, and powder coating the heater box and fan assembly for the interior, rebuilding the engine and drive shaft and the front suspension is almost done. I just need to ream the king pins bushings, then I can finish the assembly of the front end. I still need to powder coat lots of parts but most I will do as required. There are more parts to collect too, but there's time for that.
This week I have been out to see the car twice and we are talking about body colour and gloss. Sounds like its almost paint time. I have thought it through and have come to the decision that the original Florida Green with Old English White coves is what it is going to be. It is a colour combination that either you like or hate. I am still on the fence but it will go with my tropical shirts. I also from the beginning wanted to bring it back to as close to original as possible, including the colour. From removing the paint I noticed that the chassis and underside was almost a satin texture the rest was a high gloss. I will be trying to confirm this observation, the internet is so perfect for that, although there seems to be lots of misinformation out there.