That looks incredible! Great job and it's fun when the wife gets involved too!

Not to go back to an old subject, but I walked past my old seat and noticed I had a gap in the springs too. Maybe a design flaw.

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8-18-16

Last Saturday I took the car out again for a stroll around the neighborhood. The front clunking I heard on the previous ride was gone. I'm guessing it was something rattling because of the fact that there are no seals on the car for the doors and the hood latch is not catching. Never left 2nd gear but it was nice to go driving. Two very young girls stared at the car as we went by so I honked the "Ahooga" horn at them. They laughed like crazy!

The speedometer stopped working (noticed the drive before this one). I'll have to check on the cable.

While staying out of the heat I have been cleaning up the rear chrome trunk ornament. The clear coat on it was peeling so I used the baking soda/Murphy's soap concoction to remove it. Worked pretty good. Still have a little left to take off. This is leaving me some beautiful chrome!

Repainted the letters and put black paint in the spaces of the "rays". Looks pretty good with the plastic emblem!

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Tried putting clear coat on today (from a rattle can) and it was a disaster! It made the silver details blurry so I wiped it off. Maybe from a paint gun it would be better? I don't know.

Damn! I even have a spare engine and transmission sitting here doing nothing. I would love to have the chrome!

Good idea! I'll add it to the list! Certainly can't hurt.

I think so...I watched a lot of videos. I used Testors gloss custom red translucent in a small spray can.

Thanks! Yes at least I have something on the grill. I used Testors 1605 gloss custom red translucent in a small spray can.

8-10-16

Click here to see my unsuccessful emblem restoration results. Below are pics of the "almost" finished product.

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