Half-Breed

[Zachalanche]

I've been slowly picking away at reassembly over the past couple of weeks. despite my optimism about how i am on the downhill run now, it seems like every little part requires many hours for cleaning, and modifying to fit the car. for example the new doors are stamped a little different than the originals, and there as conflict between the button mechanism and the door frame. Also, good luck not scratching paint while installing dozens of razor-sharp oddly shaped trim pieces (i think im doing ok so far). Additionally there were a lot of wood screws holding this car together before i started this project, so sourcing the correct fasteners has caused a little slow down. luckily I had the foresight to fix all the blown out screw holes while the car was on the rotisserie.





I installed my grille cover which was gifted to me many years ago. its nice to have this delicate piece off the shelf and on the car. looks like a simple installation, but as usual required a bunch of fabrication. I had to relocate my ac condenser an inch downward to get the dryer canister to sit lower.


Finally starting to get some glass back in the car. Yet another thing that is a pain to store and move around. hopefully I can get the door glass in soon, the beltline weather-stripping is on backorder until the end of the month.


I think my favorite part of this process is clearing things off the shelf and recycling the carboard boxes......also nice that the car is looking more like a car after all these years.