Date Description Thursday, 11/01/2001 3.5 hours Removed tires and rims from car, thinking of blasting rims after tires are dismounted in preparation for new tires. Started painting rear end housing after cleanup. Snugged bolts on transmission to see if I could stem the small leak...didnt seem to work. Friday, 11/02/2001 5 hours Called around Brandon for tire prices, Paid for parts for starter overhaul Blasted rims after removing old tires and painted them up with chassis black Adjusted right exhaust pipe to stop the banging against underside of floor. Saturday, 11/03/2001 3 hours Picked up repainted rims at work and delivered them to Reg's tire Installation and balancing of 185's on front.. 205's on rear Warmed up car and took it for a ride along Richmond..up to 75 mph.. slight amount of shake in suspension. Taped up tears in seat to try and stop material from ripping further. Sunday, 11/04/2001 1 hours Took fairlane for another ride around neighborhood with repair plate on. I believe I was almost out of gas for it was starting to hesitate a bit. Monday, 11/05/2001 2 hours Decided to remove fuel tank, borrowed tank pump from work to empty tank. There was less than 1 gallon of gas in the tank. I was going to clean and repair filler tube and check on condition of sending unit in tank. Tuesday, 11/06/2001 3 hours Borrowed a deep socket from work and finally removed the tank. Bead blasted tanks straps and painted them red. Cleaned inside of tank with Toilet bowl cleaner and water and roofing nails to remove the rust buildup. Worked! Wednesday, 11/07/2001 5 hours Reinstalled fuel tank on car after testing and cleaning sending unit Purchased a filler tube at Brandon Bearing.. a piece of 2" hydraulic hose for the coupler to the tank. Purchased new gas and started car..to warm..... ran well. Thursday, 11/08/2001 1 hours Bought 10 more gallons of feul to fill tank to see how many total gallons it would tank...approximately 13.5 Gallons. Fuel gauge still doesnt register full but close. Started to think about the cost of a new exhaust system to replace the patch work job. Friday, 11/09/2001 1 hours Ordered a new interior dome light from B &H Automotive in Ontario. Started to remove the old brown seat belts from the car. Saturday, 11/10/2001 3 hours Removed Front seat from car, to see if cloth could be replaced. Found one of the bolts to be broken and will require repair this next week before I reinstall. Took seat to BP Upolstery for a qoute on repairs... Sunday, 11/11/2001 4 hours Removed seat belts and rear carpet from car to clean all the junk underneath. Had to use Laquer thinners to remove the oil spill from carpet and hosed off with water Primed and painted floor pan before reinstalling carpet. Removed rear tires and rims from rear of car to start undercoating the area. Monday, 11/12/2001 6 hours Reinstalled carpet in car, Sanded and painted door sills to clean up primer and overspray. Removed all bolts from upper front fender to clean and clearcoat John helped me braze a new bolt for the seat at work. Tuesday, 11/13/2001 4 hours Blasted scuff plate supports and repainted with rust resistant red. Blasted rear ashtrays and clear coated. Reinstalled front seat and door sills and scuff plates. Wednesday, 11/14/2001 2.5 hours Picked up a set of rear seat belts from a 78 Meteor ..actually two cars to get all the parts I needed at Wesman Salvage. Installed seat belts in car..worked great and they are the right or close colour....BLUE. Thursday, 11/15/2001 .25 hours Reinforced one stripped belt bolt in floor with a 7/16" NF nut. Friday, 11/16/2001 3.5 hours Worked on the undercoating on the car... i think I am up to about 6 cans in total for the complete job .. I used rubberized undercoater from Ctire. Made appointment at Minute Muffler for exhaust system on Tuesday next. Started wire brushing and sanding out rocker panels to prepare for primer, rock guard and repaint. Saturday, 11/17/2001 7.5 hours Completed cleaning up rust and old paint on rockers and under side of fenders primed and rockgaurded and painted in one day...worked pretty good match to white colour on car. Remounted tires and rims finally again....been off two weeks! Sunday, 11/18/2001 4 hours Removed cleaned and clear coated a few frame bolts on car. Took apart trunk lock to adjust and clean...closed trunk and COULDNT GET IN...yikes...took out back seat and undid the bolts on latch and readjusted. Ordered waterpump from Napa C5AE 8505-C Monday, 11/19/2001 .5 hours Asked Ron about a fan spacer instead of looking for a fan shroud. Borrowed repair plate from work to take car to Minute Muffler for exhaust tommorrow. Tuesday, 11/20/2001 2 hours Took car to Minute Muffler for exhaust system. Dome light arrived from B&H Auto Wednesday, 11/22/2001 3 hours Picked up car at Minute Muffler......took an extra day to complete the bends for for the exhaust system ...thrush HUSH mufflers and a clean clean Job by Gary Curtis. Picked up waterpump at Napa, removed fan and pulleys from car in preparation to start installing the new pump...after painting of course. Clearcoated all bolts on front of engine. Thursday, 11/22/2001 3 hours Wow had the car for two months today..and got a LOT done so far eh? Blasted all the parts from the front of engine to repaint Friday, 11/23/2001 2.5 hours Ron gave me a 2" spacer from one of the Shelby Mustangs he worked on. Installed waterpump and all the parts on front of engine including brackets pulleys and fan started car after refilling the antifreeze. I think I have a few leaks in the gasket. Saturday, 11/24/2001 7.5 hours Attempted to fix crack in dashpad with vinyl repair kit....DIDNT WORK. Found antifreeze leak at front of engine.... must be running from the timing cover. repainted some of the blackout areas on the front grill, then started to look at all the rusty parts and such on front end..and started to remove all the front end parts including bumper brakets grill hood supports and latch mechanism front fascia Checked oil and detected a strong odour of gasoline...idling too much I think.. Sunday, 11/25/2001 7.5 hours Blasted all the front end parts and repainted at work. While parts were off repainted all front grill areas and areas under front of car. Monday, 11/26/2001 4.5 hours Reinstalled all painted parts to front of car see list above! Borrowed a torque wrench from work and checked the tightness of all the bolts on the water pump to spec. removed parklight assemblies for cleaning and repainting and fixing up the wiring. Tuesday, 11/27/2001 2.5 hours Removed rear bumper and related parts for blasting and cleaning and repainting. Wednesday, 11/28/2001 3 hours Bead Blasted and repainted rear bumper parts and reinstalled. When pressure testing coolant system I found that the rad solder joint at the top was gone...... made appointment to get it fixed. Thursday, 11/29/2001 2 hours Drained antifreeze from system ONE MORE TIME..this makes at least 4 times Friday, 10/30/2001 2 hours Took Radiator to Brandon Radiator to have cleaned and repaired picked up after work and reinstalled in car. The job done wasnt very quality but the solder is good.