We have the brakes all bled and ready to go. Not real happy with the solidness of the brake pedal, but with drum brakes we need to drive the car and let the shoes situate themselves. Plus we aren't getting any more bubbles as we bleed the lines. Sorry, no pictures to show for bleeding brakes.
Last item we had mentioned in prior post was wiring. Made lots of progress there. The original harness was gone and replaced with a variety of individual wires. This second, very poor attempt at wiring has now been completely removed, and most of the new harness (just like the original) has been installed. Looks great!
Ray was able to buy quite a few good used parts from a guy in Kentucky, including a new dash. The original one had another hole added for an ammeter, which was not original. Once the paint job is complete on the dash then we'll reinstall it, the gauges and switches, plus wire all this stuff up. We've got all three heater and air flow cables repaired.
One other little job was to repair the battery tray. These typically rust away. We got a new one and our friend Nick the welder welded it in for us:
He also welded in a bracket that had broken off for the exhaust system:
So looking good for perhaps driving this thing before year end!
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