Evening folks,
Well today was an exciting day, for about 90 seconds I was the high bidder on BAT for a '67 FHC. I was certain that I was going to be making a trip down to see my friends in Austin next week but alas it was not to happen, I was close but it was just a skosh over my limit.
On another note nothing makes you feel as productive as a day putting clean parts back on a car your working on!
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| The completed pedal box installed, so much easier to rebuild it on the bench and then install and my back liked this approach too! |
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| Windscreen washer bottle getting a new strap, a lot better IMO than bailing wire |
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| Ah, the completed pedal box with cleaned carpet behind, it had been soaked in brake fluid from the leaky master cylinder but washed up nicely with mild carpet cleaner,not quite as black as before but won't be noticeable without really looking hard, i.e. having your head down in the foot well. |
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| Washer bottle |
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| What do you see new here? The brake and clutch bottles are installed-temp. The battery tray is back in place. |
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| Installing the radio console, this is a royal PITA as it has to be installed so the center dash will open. Why does it need to open you ask? Because if one burns out a fuse this is where they live plus I have to be able to get in there to install the dash top. |
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| Closed.... |
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| Open! |
Well that's it for today, if I have time tomorrow-appointments and what not- I may try to install the seats. Not sure how that's going to go as it's very tight and they have chewed up the vinyl before, just hoping that with a little TLC they will fit without dragging on the vinyl.
That's All Folks*,
Cheers,
Lynn
6 hrs
* Yes I loved Warner Brother cartoons when I was a kid..... especially Bugs Bunny!
What's up, Doc? (Ha, couldn't resist.)
ReplyDeleteThose heater hose clamps look like original Cheney's. Maybe some survived? And there's an original 3AW nestled under the frame. A good thing to still have. Nice work on the radio console. Some day you will have to show me your secrets. Is that a newly painted overflow tank? Looks great!
Yes, I was really hoping you would win the Jaguar and we could spruce it up for your drive home. After all, my Ruby is away getting painted and there's space in the garage where we could have fixed anything needed for the drive back to Boise. My tools are sitting idle and I'm going to waiting for a while before getting back to work on a Jag. Shucks. Maybe another will come along. I'll keep my eyes and ears open.
You wasckley wabbit! (I couldn't either.)
ReplyDeleteMost of the smaller Cheney's are still there on the OEM hoses I might add. I had to repaint the overflow tank with the refurbished heater box.
Mary should count her blessings that I didn't win! I gave your offer a lot of thought when I decided to bid-thank you!
Cheers,
Lynn
PS: the previous post was deleted because I misspelled 'wabbit' :-)
Mary would have loved to see you and have you stay with us! You were like ten seconds away from getting the car and then things heated up again. Ug. I was really hoping. You were almost there. A heartbreaker.
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