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I'm at the beginning and can only hope that my results look as nice as Stretch's.

I've pulled everything out, the picture was before I finished. Luckily my floors are solid!



I hope to get Dean's full interior kit installed over the following two weeks.

Great time to pull the dash and cap it as part of the interior restoration.

I've got a "new" one from an SRL that I plan on replacing it with.

jheck wrote:I've got a "new" one from an SRL that I plan on replacing it with.

Wow - even better!

My baby's original owner (I'm the second) had a new paint job put on in 1980 - 36 years ago! There are a number of areas that have some chips, peeling where the masking was done poorly, etc. So I've plans later this summer to get a new Spanish Red re-paint done right. Until then, I want to get her looking a bit more presentable for driving. I got started over the weekend trying to resurrect what I can with the existing paint, which is severely oxidized. The rear panel of the car was the worst part, so I pulled all the lights and bumper and spent about 2.5 hours rubbing it out with some heavy duty compound and then buffed it with some very satisfying results... The PO had also backed into something and tweaked the rear bumper putting a nasty crease and dent in the left rear. We'll get that taken car of as part of the paint job and get the bumper straightened and re-chromed. Any recommendations for bumper repair and re-chrome in the south SF bay area...?
One interesting observation when I removed the bumper - there were only two brackets, left and right. I've seen some references to a middle bracket as well on some earlier models, by my 1970 has no center bracket, no mounting point on the bumper, and no mounting holes in the frame either.

-jt

Red oxidizes a lot, so it's fun and rewarding to buff it out... Nice!

I solidified my fuel pressure regulator attachments (used the old fuel filter hole)
and put the some touches to the MSD street fire control module.
So far the car runs great, oh and I repaired the dogbone which fell apart post last drive.

Be sure your dogbone lock nuts are tight! Lucky to find the dogbone bolt on the frame against the firewall!
Thinking I was due for some good luck

It is getting crowded on the passenger side with E fuel pump, pressure reg, collision cuttoff switch and MSD street fire control module!
Might have to stuff the battery in the trunk for something to do!

Hope the MSD module runs okay upside down. Set the rpm limit to 7700 rpm.
Red line of 8000 ...

Cheerio

Oh so you added the MSD instead of just the coil.
I think you will like this solution alot.
Linda

I bought it a new place to stay:

Very nice, she should be very happy.

Mainer311 wrote:I bought it a new place to stay:

Very "homey" looking place. Are you still in Watertown?

She is a winner, are you going to make that granny flat into a clean room?

Nice!

C.Costine wrote:
Very "homey" looking place. Are you still in Watertown?

No, trying to get much farther from the city. The house is up in Methuen on the NH line.

fj20spl311 wrote:She is a winner, are you going to make that granny flat into a clean room?

Are you referring to the second story of the garage? That's going to be my wood shop. I build high-end speakers as a hobby.