There are
only a couple things of interest that happened in the past three months that
are noteworthy enough to mention. Everything else is still in the works.
First, I
got the seats back from Noreen back in mid-April. I installed them and was
extremely pleased with her work! The color
is a perfect match and her tuck and roll stitching is amazing!
She added
a thin sheet of muslin between the seat foam and the material, which adds to
the firmness of the seat cushion. The back seat is like a couch!!
Second,
after taking a few test drives (both slow and “at speed”), the car seemed to be
running good at times and terrible the others. I decided to change out the
Champion RN9YC spark plugs for NGK BP6ES and it made a world of difference!!
She runs strong and smooth now with no hesitation.
She was
still running hot, though. One day I was driving at 50mph uphill on the state
highway to test her out at speed. The temperature gauge was starting to red
line so I took my foot off the gas pedal to slow down and the gauge dropped
immediately to the “N” in the middle. After that little hiccup, she has been
heating up but has not hit the red line again. I think she had an air bubble in
the cooling fluid circuit that had to bleed out. I have the 180’ Mr. Gasket
thermostat installed right now. I think I might put a 170 or even a 160 degree
thermostat in to keep her running cool. (Yes, the picture is terrible! My really
old dinosaur of a camera is dying a quick death.)
Next up
for this summer is to get the front end aligned properly, and to finish the
vinyl installation on the interior. Of course, driving her is a must to keep
working out the kinks. And, body work and color sanding...
Thanks for visiting.
Toddy
