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10/19/02 :: Another little project we did today was removing the fuel filler cap and tube... just unscrew it the book says by inserting the "special tool" into the tube. After looking at the slots Joe was able to "rigg" up a wrench to do the trick and the cap and tube came right now with no problem at all. Joe is putting a blast cabinet together right now - a birthday present from Chatham - which will allow us to clean up some of the smaller parts.

10/20/02 :: Lots of tar removed today... engine cleaner scrubbed onto the the surfaces and then some more scraping... I told you scraping was my life. Came out pretty clean but we are going to repeat the process tomorrow while we both have a day off and the weather is good. It looks like we may be able to save part of the floor pan too. With all the crud removed you can see better that it's mostly surface rust on the inner parts. Hopefully we will just need to fabricate the "well" areas of the pan... and of course the rocker panels :-)

10/28/02 :: More work on hydraulics - heated and freed up some lines, removed the master cylinders. Cleaned up the loose and peeling paint where they mount - more scraping! Got to run the brake master on the wire wheel and it's looking pretty good. You can only run it about 10 minutes w/o it getting hot so the clutch master will have to wait til another day!

10/29/02 :: After all the scraping and scrubbing we have finally painted the floor pan areas, the first step in making a mold to fabricate new floors. This picture doesn't look very exciting but I have waited a LONG time to see it! This weekend we have plans to lay the fiberglass filler. Joe says that's a messy and smelly project so we are hoping for good weather so we can roll the car outside for a bit.

11/2/02 :: This was a multi-step process: First we sprayed on 2 coats of paint letting each coat dry, then a coat of mold release. Next, we put duct tape under the car where there were holes. This was to help hold in the thin layer of resin that was applied next. Fiberglass cloth was layed down and embedded into the resin layer. Most of the cloth allowed the resin to soak through it but in some spots another layer had to be applied over the cloth to fully embed it in the resin.

11/2/02 :: The whole process had to be allowed to cure and harden, which required a little help from the high tech heat gun (my old blow drier). Hopefully after nearly 2 days it will be fully cured and can be removed from the pan. Next weekend we will work on the driver's side mold and with these castings will be able to create a floor pan that's very close to the original.

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