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the journey. Kind of hard to be patient when you really want to DRIVE that car!
What was a bit tricky was
the steering column. Trying to correctly align the wheels (before needing to get an alignment later) with the multiple splines of the shaft was a two person job. However, it did go well.
Note that the fuel tank is re- plumbed with new hoses. Good luck sourcing the correct ones, but I did!. Also note the Steel Wheels. I’m kind of bummed that Fuch’s were not part of the deal, but the COA confirmed that the car came with these wheels. Someone chromed them, and
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With a little elbow grease the parts clean up well
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After cleaning “glue”, painted with Par15.
I had them cleaned, blasted, straightened and painted. I’ll
put some chrome domes on
them later. Oh, and the tires had European type on them originally from 2002. So off they came
and before I spent that kind of money, I just went to Discount Tire for some simple radials
for now. Of course, it took two trips. Once I had put them on, the front tire diameter was too large to allow them to turn within the wheel well. Who knew? (you
all probably did, but I didn’t). Another trip back and they did me a solid deal and swapped the tires out for no charge! (Of course, a case of beer somehow showed up one day at their shop at the end of their workday.)
Time to load it up and head to Tulsa! More next issue.
- Bob
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