Daniel and I are back from our travels (for me, at least
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| This is what we started with so many months ago |
until next month) and we've been trying to work at least a little every day. I say at least, because if you've even been to or lived in Florida in the summer, you know how hot it gets. It's pretty difficult in July to do anything outdoors without dripping sweat all over your work. 95 degree days and afternoon thunderstorms makes for a nice, humid work environment!
We've turned our attention back to the front end, after realizing that our first attempt at repairing the rusted wheel well and radiator
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| Dry fitting the second time |
support was going awry. This time, we've dry-fitted all of the pieces and looked things over time and time again, until we were satisfied that it was safe to begin welding. Once again Daniel has taken up the torch, as is doing a damned fine job of getting the little car put back together. We've had a few difficulties getting some of the spot welds to hold, but as I said to Daniel, it's better to stress them now and make sure they're good rather than have the front end fall off while driving down the road!
While Daniel has been reassembling, I've been taping up the windows and doors to keep dust out of the finished interior. We still have one last round of sandblasting to do on the engine bay once we get our welding done, and I don't want to have to clean the interior out yet another time.
Progress is still slow, but it is progress, and I'm trying to keep Daniel's spirits up during these hot sticky days. He can't see it yet, but I can see that we're really close to putting things back on the car. I suspect the mood will change somewhat once that starts happening!
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| Clamping everywhere we can |
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| And this is where we are today. A vast improvement! |
