Almost Done, Beauty Shots!

 Been installing more parts, we think we've got everything in place now except for the new top.  We have to wait on the header rail sockets, which are on back order.

We've also started driving the car to find the inevitable problems when you assemble a complex device like a car.  Three problem areas found so far.

First is the thermostat was installed upside down:

This results in no flow at all.  Fortunately we were close to the shop when the temperature went way high.  This was easy to correct.

Second was the wrong ignition coil was installed.  Due to being installed upside down, you couldn't see that the high tension wire from the center of the coil was the push in style, but the coil itself was made for the screw in type connector.  The rubber boot was holding the wire in place.  It fell off about 3 blocks from the shop, resulting in a dead car.  Fortunately there were some downhill portions as we pushed the car back to the shop, easy diagnosis and fix.

Third was the rear end seemed noisy.  Turns out the rear end had very little fluid in it.  Fortunately we had put only about a mile on the car by that point.  Filled it up, noise went away.

Still need to do more driving, but good progress so far.

Here's pictures out in the sunshine:

Speedometer will likely need to be rebuilt, was showing speed but mileage not advancing, then stopped showing speed.  

Couple of other smaller items - new steering wheel, install pertonix electronic ignition, always something.  But we are definitely getting to a much shorter list!