No beer breaks? You guys just drink the whole time? Not sure my reassembly would go very smoothly if that were the case. That, or the car would run backwards!
I originally started a restoration thread and showed some of my progress but haven't resurrected it since I had not really gotten much accomplished. That's where most of the pics are.
Here's the link:
http://forums.maxperformanceinc.com/...d.php?t=673355
I can post more pics of whatever is helpful. I have many pics.
As for the other parts: We purchased the car non-op. Looked like it had not run in many years. Last registration was in GA in the 80's. The water pump is still on hand but looks rough/ metal plate behind it was rusty. Distributor was frozen and I ended up using a BFH to persuade it to come out (even that was difficult - and eventually damaged the unit) Old fuel pump is still probably floating around but in rough shape and I figured that some of those "important parts" might be better off new so as to limit my possible future issues.
Most of my wire harnesses look fine, save for the tail harness that was trashed. (I'll double check them again to make sure) After, my other thread and the responses that people posted, I was under the impression that the consensus was to go all new to avoid issues... As I stated earlier, I'm neck deep into this and if spending the cash for
new harnesses will make my life easier, I'm all for that-especially, if it becomes a matter of safety.
On the other hand the main goal was to get the car moving by the graduation date- not that she's worried about it but we plan on moving shortly thereafter and it would be easier if the car was able to be driven... Once she's working and we have some extra cash we can finish the car the right way.