11/28/2010

it's 18:33.. I have to wait another 14 hours before i can work on the 40.. Steelers won, Giants won. so, today wasn't a total waste. Tomorrow I will get some things done.

random photos of making room for the Chevy at Bill's.

Just the photos I have from last week.

Wednesday, November 24th 2010

Today, I got up at 5:00AM. Checked my email. Chatted with Scot. at 7:00 I drove the blazer to Bill's and dropped it off. at 7"30 I was starting the 40 to warm it up. It was running very badly. Missing, smoking, but, it was running. At 8:00, I drove to the Sunoco to buy coffee. At 8:20, I arrived at Bills. NOW, you need to understand, putting the Chevy IN Bill's was going to be a task. I had a SMALL window to do this as I had to drive to DC at 11:00 to pick up Brian. (My choice)

Bill finally pulled the motorhome, and the cement truck out of the shop, an I got to drive the 40 in. I now am a little depressed, as I KNOW it will not be ready to drive again for a while. BUT, the excitement of actually working on MY 40 is something I can't describe. This photo was taken with my phone after I got it into Bill's, jacked up, on STANDS, and I had started taking the left front headlight apart. The headlight doors did NOT have screws holding them on.. how strange.

I will TRY and update this blog weekly as i take her apart. it is a long process, and I am trying to catalog everything, mark everything, and restore everything as soon as I remove it. This way, when the last part is removed, everything will be ready to assemble.

I am also looking into replacement parts as SOON as I find a problem. I found new headlight doors, and headlight buckets, and springs, if I need them. The doors are for sure, I will bead-blast the buckets to see if I can restore them.

November 23, 2010

OK, it's been a while since I worked on the 40. Lat Sunday i started it and moved it in the driveway. tomorrow morning, I move it to Bills.

Bill owns a local garage that his father owned. He is turning 70 in February and still works on cars every day. (ever wonder WHY I got out of the auto repair business?) Anyways, he has agreed to let me clean his shop and then let me work on my car to "restore it". it will not be quick, or easy. BUT, I am ready. i only have a photo of the cleaned area that the chevy will go into right now.. MORE to follow.