Re: A Tale of Two Patricians

Posted by Packard Don On 2021/2/9 17:12:02

If all goes according to plan and my COVID test is negative again, I'll be back at the shop late on the 1st of March for two weeks. This will be the first direct flight from San Jose, CA to Redmond/Bend, OR but with only one flight each day, there are no choices for times and it gets in late and leaves very early when I would have preferred the other way around.

So these two weeks will be very rushed as the goal is to get the left (west) quarter of the shop cleared out so that spray insulation can be added and that means that I must get the Patrician driveable under it's own power by:

Reinstalling the master brake booster
Reinstalling the steering column after freeing up the shifter
Finish rebuilding the fuel pump
Add some fuel and start it up!

Sounds easy enough but then there is the work of moving the non-rolling parts car, a 5-main 327 with Ultramatic that is stored in front of it, moving a work bench that is attached to the wall and several heavy and tall storage shelves and two motorcycles, not to mentioned a tractor and much else. Other than the driving Patrician, all of these things will need a place to remain for a while as it won't be until my next visit that the insulation is done but then I have to repeat the process three more times for the remainder of the shop's insulation, one quarter at a time.