Well embarrassingly, I did NOT get the GP done for the Nationals back in August, so the new wife & I attended & had a great time anyway seeing friends, making new ones & looking at all the great Pontiacs. It was also the 1st time my wife had ever been to a race track....She is hooked & afterwards sheepishly asked if someday she could take one of my cars down the track!
Picture below shows how far I got before the show, just needed some wiring & vacuum hoses routed. While filling the radiator, I noticed a big leak around the drivers side stud holding the timing cover (the one that holds the can style fuel filter bracket). Funny thing was I did not have the timing cover off & it didn't leak before! I got aggravated & stopped working on it! The next couple of times I was home to work in the shop, I worked on the 55 Nash Ambassador instead, I am also finishing up a complete detail of the engine compartment on that (other picture)
I did yesterday get some ambition built up to work on the GP...Ran the new headlight harness & put the front bumper on! I was going to install the hood, but didn't like how the paint on the underside laid down, so I will re-shoot that this week. I now need to buy another hood pad though as the brand new one I had for it ended up being used on the Nash! LOL Just a little trimming & it looked great!
God Bless
Bill
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