Mid-week work

After the initial excitement of Ray's visit over the weekend, Dave was hot to get cracking on some 'extra credit' work that Ray said he could do between visits. Two days after our initial work, Dave went to mom's house to get this work done.

First task was to replace the valve cover gaskets. Check, easy work. Next was to install the seat bumpers to the driver's side seat. Uh, not so check. Dave realized that something more than just the seat bumpers is wrong and we'll have to figure that out at another time. *sigh*

The last task of the evening was to remove what was left of the front bumper and grill. Dave sat down to master this last bit of bumper, and although it seemed to be a bit easier than the back bumper (learning curve or just truly easier), he wasn't able to remove all of the adhesive that had been put on by the factory back in 1973. We'll have to use some Goo-Gone to get rid of it. In Dave's quest to get the bumper and front grill off, he accidentally broke the bracket for the front left parking light. Oopsie- that'll be an $80 fix down the road.

Ok, Bette. We now have to schedule another day for Ray to visit, and hopefully we'll get you running!