I spent a couple of hours this evening cleaning the replacement gearbox.
After building a quick jig to hold the thing in place, the 30 years of accumulated
gunk and crud scraped off pretty well. The aluminum parts actually look a
nice silvery color now, instead of matching the black that the rest of
the gearbox was. This wasn’t critical to the gearbox operation, but it will make
a big difference when it comes time to wrestle it into the interior of the car.

Now I need to get off my keister and schedule a weekend with my Dad to put
the darn thing in… and send in the form to the state for the historic plates.. and
the form to American Collectors
Insurance… and.. and.. and..

There never are enough hours in the day, days in the week, etc.

Google and Yahoo, oh my!

Somehow, google and yahoo both found this site, specifically the picture gallery. Strange. I don’t remember submitting it to any engine in particular. I modified the apache logs to include the Referrer: header, so now I can see where people are coming from.

I’ve heard it said, and said it myself: without a plan, any car project is
doomed to failure. So here I am, puttering around on the car, with
no clue in sight as to what I’m going to do. One goal has always
been to get it running enough to drive it occaisionally during the summer
months. Another has been to clean up the interior, while yet another is
to halt the corrosion on the firewall near the brake and clutch master cylinders.
Beyond that, I don’t have a real plan for my end result.